It was fitting for Ishant to grab the hattrick wicket as he has been around for the longest time among his teammates and is the senior-most member of the side.
Jasprit Bumrah may have been absent from the Indian pace attack, but Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav stepped up and put out a remarkable performance against South Africa.
India currently boast of a lethal pace attack in Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Deepak Chahar and Navdeep Saini.
On the bench as well, India boast of players like Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav who are consistently competing for a spot in the playing XI.
Ishant Sharma remains 8 Tests away from joining the elite list of players who have played 100 matches in the longest format of cricket, but the bowler insisted that he is not focussed on the milestone.
Ishant Sharma, one of the mainstays in India's Test team, turned 31 on Monday. The bowler made his international Test debut in 2007 at the age of 18.
As Ishant Sharma took his first wicket in the ongoing Test against West Indies on Day 3, he surpassed former Indian captain Kapil Dev for a big feat.
Jasprit Bumrah and Hanuma Vihari starred for India on day two of the second Test against West Indies.
Indian pacer Ishant Sharma was brilliant in the first Test where he took 8 wickets, and he now remains only one away to surpass the legendary Kapil Dev for a big feat.
Ishant Sharma is currently tied with legendary skipper Kapil Dev at the second spot in the list of most wickets taken by an Indian outside Asia.
Ishant Sharma did the job for his side with both bat and ball as India dominated proceedings on day two of the first Test against West Indies.
Ravindra Jadeja attended the media interaction at the end of the second day of the ongoing Test match between India and West Indies, and heaped praises on Ishant Sharma.
Ishant Sharma shined with both, bat and ball as hosts West Indies end the day 108 runs behind India with only two wickets in hand.
Ishant Sharma took a five-wicket haul, as Ravindra Jadeja scored a fighting fifty earlier in the day to put India in control against a reckless West Indies.
In this edition of the IPL, Ishant has shown the ability to bowl a great line and length, not getting flustered by the batsman's attempt to hit fifth gear.
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.
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