After being termed “India’s next big thing” in fast bowling set-up by former Australian cricketer Steve Waugh, speedster Ishant Sharma saw a roller-coaster ride in his international career. It was the wicket of Australian great Ricky Ponting on India’s tour of Australia in 2008 that prompted Waugh hail Ishant for his daunting pace. Later in his career, Ishant lost his pace that led him out of the limited-over format. However, the tall-built that helps him bowl accurate and strength to bowl 30 overs a day in a Test match assured him a permanent spot in the longest format of cricket. Having started playing cricket at the age of 14, the Delhi pacer made his international debut on May 25, 2007, in a Test match against Bangladesh at Dhaka. Thanks to a successful start, he was included in the limited-over squad and made his ODI debut on July 29, 2007, playing South Africa at Belfast. The 6’4” spearhead made his T20I debut on February 1, 2008, in a match against Australia at Melbourne.
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Delhi Capitals' Shikhar Dhawan and Ishant Sharma, both True Blue Delhiites, danced their hearts out during the celebrations.
Despite being one of the best bowlers during the 2013 Champions Trophy, Ishant has been tagged as a Test bowler.
With a week left for the T20 carnival, Delhi Capitals posted a video on Instagram, where the 30-year-old pacer talked about his emotions ahead of the IPL.
Ishant, who missed out on the final Test against Australia in Sydney owing to an injury is now fit and will be unleashing his thunderbolts against Jharkhand in Delhi's opening game at Vijaywada.
India remain firm favourites to make it 3-1 at the Sydney Cricket Ground despite the injury-forced omission of premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and senior pacer Ishant Sharma.
Border heaped praise on India's pace unit, saying: "It's as a good an Indian bowling attack as I've ever seen."
India finished day three with a healthy lead of 346 runs after Jasprit Bumrah's career-best 6/33 helped the visitors sink Australia for 151 in 1st innings.
Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja were seen involved in a verbal spat in Perth on day four of the second Test match between India and Australia.
Even though it's still not clear why the fight started, the incident shows that some level of discord exists between the visitors.
Kohli's unbeaten 82 coupled with Ajinkya Rahane's counterattacking 51 helped India overcome the cheap dismissals of the openers.
Vihari said that the Indian batting line-up will have to be disciplined and patient in similarly difficult conditions on day two.
A 112-run opening stand between Marcus Harris (70) and Aaron Finch (50) vindicated their decision to bat on green top before Indian bowlers made a decent recovery.
Hanuma Vihari and Ishant Sharma were the picks of the bowlers for India by taking two wickets each on the first Day of Perth Test.
Indian bowlers have made a great start with 20 wickets on a slower deck in Adelaide to give India a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
India pacer Ishant Sharma said that this is India's biggest opportunity to beat Australia in Australia but added that the visitors are not taking the hosts lightly.
However, Delhi will miss Gambhir more as they were always aware that Ishant was available for only one match as per BCCI's specific workload management programme.
India's most senior pacer Ishant Sharma said that he wants to put his best foot forward against Australia in the Test series as this could be his last tour of Down Under.
When asked about Rahul's string of low scores, the coach dropped a hint that he is being seen as a long-term investment.
One of the main reasons is believed to be Dhawan's selection in the Test team while Ishant (ankle) and Ashwin (groin) are racing against time to get fit.
Ishant (3/28) picked up three wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah (2/41) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/57) struck twice each to trigger England's collapse.
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