Know James Faulkner, the game changer

New Delh: Ishant Sharma bore the brunt of James Faulkner's conscious decision to go after seamers in the third ODI and the game-changing Australian all-rounder offered his sympathies to the Indian spearhead, saying that every bowler has days when he ends up looking "silly out there".Faulkner's 29-ball 64 turned the match on its head as Australia chased down 304 with three balls and four wickets to spare.Faulkner ia an all-rounder, a left-arm medium pacer and a right-hand batsman who plays for Tasmania. Faulkner has consistently picked up key wickets and also chips in with a few handy runs while batting in the lower-middle order. In the 2010–11 Sheffield Shield season he made 300 runs and took 36 wickets. On 1 February 2012, Faulkner made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia against India.In the same summer that he captained the Tasmania Under-17s, he was already in the state's U-19s and the Tasmania Second XI. Faulkner earned himself a state rookie contract for 2007-08, a place in the Australia U-19 team at the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and one of three positions in the Australian Cricket Academy's development squad for 2007.He was part of the Pune Warriors India team in IPL 2011, and then a part for Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2012. However he has just played three IPL matches between IPL 2011 and IPL 2012. During the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) players auction, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for $400,000.Faulkner was man of the match in the 2012–13 Sheffield Shield final, helping Tasmania secure its third title.Faulkner was selected for the squad to tour England in 2013. He was selected for the fifth test. Australian selector John Inverarity described Faulkner as the sort of player who "gets things done", while captain Michael Clarke said that Faulkner could provide some toughness that Australian might have lacked in its previous tests.