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.
Read MoreIshant Sharma, who last played a first-class game in February earlier this year, is set to return to domestic cricket after being picked in the jumbo 24-member squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Ayush Badoni will continue to lead the side after taking over the reigns from Himmat Singh in Ranji.
Ravindra Jadeja claimed the 14th five-wicket haul of his Test career. He accounted for Will Young, Tom Blundell, Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry and finished with figures of 5/65 in his 22 overs on day one of the Mumbai Test.
DPL 2024 Live: The star cricketer Rishabh Pant will lead the Purani Dilli 6 team in the opening fixture against South Delhi Superstarz at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. Six teams will clash in the first edition of DPL and the final will be played on September 8.
A total of six men's teams will participate in an inaugural edition of the Delhi Premier League 2024 starting on August 17 at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Star cricketers Rishabh Pant, Ishant Sharma and Harshit Rana are confirmed to feature in the DPL 2024.
270 players featured in the player draft of the inaugural Delhi Premier League. Star Indian players Rishabh Pant and Ishant Sharma were among the top picks made at the DPL draft. In the women's section, India's vice-captain for the U19 T20 World Cup Shweta Sehrawat has been picked.
Delhi Capitals will take on the Mumbai Indians in their 10th match of the 2024 edition of the IPL at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The Capitals made a couple of key changes in the game against Gujarat Titans and two more are expected on Saturday with Mitchell Marsh's replacement now available.
DC vs SRH IPL 2024 Playing XIs: Skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss as Delhi Capitals elected to bowl first against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. The star opener David Warner returned to Delhi's starting eleven with Ishant Sharma missing out.
Delhi Capitals skittled Gujarat Titans out for a lowly 89 before cruising to win with 67 balls left to register their third victory in the 2024 edition of the IPL. The Capitals have now risen to the sixth spot on the points table while the Titans have paid a heavy price due to a poor batting show.
Delhi Capitals pulled off their best-ever bowling performance in IPL history, having bowled out Gujarat Titans for a paltry 89, the lowest-ever score by a team against them in the tournament. Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar and Tristan Stubbs starred with the ball as GT have recorded their lowest score.
Delhi Capitals didn't have much to celebrate on the night when they were plundered for 272 runs by the Kolkata Knight Riders in Visakhapatnam in the 2024 edition of IPL. However, the 35-year-old Ishant Sharma's outrageous yorker which saw Andre Russell lie on the ground did bring some joy for them.
The ninth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season will see Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals lock horns at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. But both teams have injury and availability issues and there are key updates around them.
Ishant Sharma recently shared a fascinating tale when former India pacer Zaheer Khan lent him a pair of bowling shoes leading into his ODI debut in Ireland.
"He has just started batting and wicketkeeping and to run and turn after that, there are a lot of things, which is not easy for a wicketkeeper and a batter," Sharma added.
Team India will be up against West Indies in a multi-format tour which will be a month-long starting July 12 with the Test matches in Dominica.
Ishant Sharma has played 105 Test matches in his career and has taken 311 wickets at an economy of 3.15
Jharkhand ended the third and penultimate day at 288 for five in 76 overs and, with an overall lead of 315, is all but sure of three points.
However, Ishant will not be available for the tough showdown as he will be in five-day mandatory quarantine.
Siraj, who sustained a hamstring strain while bowling on the first evening of the second Test, managed only 15.5 overs in the two innings and coach Rahul Dravid admitted that his injury did affect the team strategy while defending 240 in the fourth innings.
India are supposed to play three ODIs in South Africa and the biggest question now is whether the country needs two white ball captains which can potentially lead to a clash of ideas.
The BCCI and the team management found an "exit route" which was honourable for both the distinguished senior cricketers as everyone associated wanted to be subtle while taking a tough decision, at least for this Test.
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