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Ishant Sharma

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Player profile

Full name Ishant Sharma
Born September 2, 1988, Delhi
Current age 20 years 41 days
Major teams India, Delhi, India Red, Kolkata Knight Riders, North Zone
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 9 14 9 92 23 18.40 279 32.97 0 0 10 0 5 0
ODIs 17 6 4 13 8 6.50 36 36.11 0 0 1 0 4 0
T20Is 1 1 1 3 3* - 6 50.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
First-class 26 28 18 118 23 11.80 377 31.29 0 0 13 0 8 0
List A 28 9 7 17 8 8.50 50 34.00 0 0 1 0 5 0
Twenty20 17 8 7 14 4* 14.00 17 82.35 0 0 1 0 2 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 9 15 1483 833 23 5/118 5/73 36.21 3.37 64.4 0 1 0
ODIs 17 16 811 695 22 4/38 4/38 31.59 5.14 36.8 2 0 0
T20Is 1 1 8 8 0 - - - 6.00 - 0 0 0
First-class 26 43 4780 2390 88 5/35 7/95 27.15 3.00 54.3 5 2 0
List A 28 27 1388 1137 41 4/34 4/34 27.73 4.91 33.8 3 0 0
Twenty20 17 17 333 388 8 1/7 1/7 48.50 6.99 41.6 0 0 0

Career statistics
Test debut Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS), May 25-27, 2007 scorecard
Last Test Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut India v South Africa at Belfast, Jun 29, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI India v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jul 6, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut Delhi v Tamil Nadu at Delhi, Nov 23-26, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class Delhi v Rest of India at Vadodara, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut 2005/06
Last List A India v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jul 6, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Delhi v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata, May 25, 2008 scorecard

 Profile

With a physique and attitude that is reminiscent of a young Javagal Srinath, Ishant Sharma shot into prominence during the 2007-08 Test series in Australia. Standing at 6'4", his rhythmic, high-arm action allowed him to bowl at around 140 kph. For one who started serious cricket at 14, his rise was rapid and he made his Ranji Trophy debut at 18. An injury to Munaf Patel provided him an opening during India's tour of Bangladesh in May 2007 but it was in Australia where he caught the attention, prompting Steve Waugh to call him the next best thing in Indian cricket. He showed he could move the ball both ways and his probing spell in the second innings in Perth, where he set-up Ricky Ponting, was the stuff of folklore. He continued to impress in the one-day series, clocking more than 150kph once, and ended as India's highest wicket-taker in the triumphant campaign.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan January 2008

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Oct 12, 2008

Mahendra Singh Dhoni congratulates Ishant Sharma on dismissing Michael Clarke
Mahendra Singh Dhoni congratulates Ishant Sharma on dismissing Michael Clarke
© AFP

Oct 12, 2008

Ishant Sharma is ecstatic after dismissing Ricky Ponting
Ishant Sharma is ecstatic after dismissing Ricky Ponting
© Getty Images

Oct 12, 2008

Ishant Sharma is bowled
Ishant Sharma is bowled
© Getty Images

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