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Full name Ishant Sharma
Born September 2, 1988, Delhi
Current age 20 years 39 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
