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Full name Ishant Sharma
Born September 2, 1988, Delhi
Current age 20 years 79 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
13
19
10
109
23
12.11
361
30.19
0
0
12
0
5
0
ODIs
18
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
30
33
19
135
23
9.64
459
29.41
0
0
15
0
8
0
List A
29
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
13
22
2311
1239
38
5/118
7/117
32.60
3.21
60.8
1
1
0
ODIs
18
17
865
755
24
4/38
4/38
31.45
5.23
36.0
2
0
0
T20Is
1
1
8
8
0
-
-
-
6.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
30
50
5608
2796
103
5/35
7/95
27.14
2.99
54.4
6
2
0
List A
29
28
1442
1197
43
4/34
4/34
27.83
4.98
33.5
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
India v Australia at Nagpur, Nov 6-10, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v South Africa at Belfast, Jun 29, 2007 scorecard
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
