Under new captain Rishabh Pant, LSG will begin their campaign against Delhi Capitals on Monday. According to ESPNcricinfo, the 33-year-old Thakur is "currently with the LSG squad in Visakhapatnam". Thakur, who scored 505 runs and snapped 35 wickets in nine matches during the Ranji Trophy for Mumbai following a foot surgery, had signed with Essex to play county cricket.