Ishant Sharma Cricket Indian

Ishant Sharma

IndianRight Arm Bowl
IPL All Time Stats
101 Mat
358.5 Overs
2909 Runs
83 W
8.11 E/R

Personal Information

Full Name Ishant Vijay Sharma
Date of Birth September 2, 1988
Nationality Indian
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Current Team(s)
Role Bowler / Right arm fast medium
Family Pratima Singh (Spouse), Vijay Sharma (Father), Grisha Sharma (Mother)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
DC vs PBKS 0 0 0 0 0 3 36 2 12.00
PBKS vs DC 0 0 0 0 0 3 27 2 9.00
CSK vs DC 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 0 11.50
RCB vs DC 0 0 0 0 0 3 29 0 9.67
DC vs GT 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 2 5.75

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 80 28 72 203 13 4.80 35.46 0 0 13 6 0 19 0
TESTs 105 142 785 2568 47 8.26 30.56 0 1 57 88 1 23 0
T20Is 14 3 8 9 2 8.00 88.88 0 0 5 1 0 4 0
T20s 151 34 66 79 26 8.25 83.54 0 0 10 5 2 29 0
LISTAs 126 46 176 374 20 6.76 47.05 0 0 31 12 1 26 0
FIRSTCLASS 152 193 1090 3415 67 8.65 31.91 0 2 66 121 5 34 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 80 78 622.1 3563 115 30.98 5.72 4/34 0 0
TESTs 105 188 3193.2 10078 311 32.40 3.15 10/108 11 1
T20Is 14 14 46.2 400 8 50.00 8.63 2/34 0 0
T20s 151 151 538.2 4180 123 33.98 7.76 5/12 1 0
LISTAs 126 123 997.4 5249 183 28.68 5.26 5/21 1 0
FIRSTCLASS 152 269 4511 13788 483 28.54 3.05 11/51 16 2

Ishant Sharma News

"He said one bad word, in return he received 20" - Kamran Akmal recalls on-field spat with Ishant Sharma
"He said one bad word, in return he received 20" - Kamran Akmal recalls on-field spat with Ishant Sharma
[Watch] When Virat Kohli batted at the Kotla hours after tragically losing his father
[Watch] When Virat Kohli batted at the Kotla hours after tragically losing his father
“I didn’t say that” - Zaheer Khan responds to Ishant Sharma’s claim that left-armer told Kohli ‘You’ve ended my career’
“I didn’t say that” - Zaheer Khan responds to Ishant Sharma’s claim that left-armer told Kohli ‘You’ve ended my career’
"He is ready for this level" - Deep Dasgupta on Yashasvi Jaiswal
"He is ready for this level" - Deep Dasgupta on Yashasvi Jaiswal
"We might not see Rishabh Pant in the next IPL as well" - Ishant Sharma on wicketkeeper-batter's expected return to competitive cricket
"We might not see Rishabh Pant in the next IPL as well" - Ishant Sharma on wicketkeeper-batter's expected return to competitive cricket

Ishant Sharma Videos

Ishant Sharma: A Brief Biography

Ishant Vijay Sharma, a tall, lanky pace bowler with a thin frame and a head full of hair flinging all over the place, steaming into bowl to arguably Australia’s one of the finest batsman Ricky Ponting and continuously bouncing him out on the pacy wickets of Australia is possibly the most vivid memory the cricket lovers have of Ishant Sharma when he burst onto the scene.


Table of Contents


  1. Biography- About Ishant Sharma
  2. Ishant Sharma: Along the years
  3. Records
  4. Awards
  5. Career
  6. Family


Biography- About Ishant Sharma


New Zealand v India - First Test: Day 2

The tallest Indian to have ever represented Indian cricket at the international level, Ishant Vijay Sharma uses his height to the maximum advantage. Standing at 6 ft 4 in, he is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who plays as a right-handed batsman.

He crossed the 100 wicket mark in just 70 matches and the crossed 150 wickets in tests in 53 tests, becoming the 11th Indian bowler to do so. He went on to win the Man of the Series on two occasions with one coming in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test Series in 2008/09 and the other in India in West Indies Test Series in 2011.


Ishant Sharma: Along the years


YearAgeAchievement
200618Ranji Trophy debut
200718Test debut for India against Bangladesh
200718ODI debut against South Africa
200819T20I debut against Australia
200819Picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders
201121100 wickets in Test
201121Snaffled up by Deccan Chargers
201323Went to Sunrisers Hyderabad
2013`23Won the Champions Trophy
201525Bought by Rising Pune Supergiants
201829250 wickets in Test
201930Bought by Delhi Capitals


Records


  1. Fifth fastest to 100 Test wickets
  2. Second slowest to 250 Test wickets


Awards


  1. Won the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2020



Career


Domestic Career


Ishant Sharma made his Ranji Trophy debut for Delhi at the age of 18 and rapidly climbed the stairs of success. Ishant toured England with the India Under-19s in 2006 and Pakistan in 2006–07. He played three youth tests and six youth One Day Internationals for India and instantly grabbed the attention of Indian selectors and went on to play for India’s senior team. Ishant whilst playing for Delhi has taken 451 wickets in 138 first-class games so far.


IPL Career


Ishant Sharma has donned jersey’s of several IPL franchises in his 13-year long career. From Kolkata Knight Riders to Deccan Chargers to Sunrisers Hyderabad to Rising Pune Supergiant to Kings XI Punjab to now his home state Delhi Capitals, Ishant arguably has seen every nook and cranny of IPL.


The constant changing of the teams also depicts that Ishant never truly aced the format of IPL. However, with Ishant starting to pitch the ball further up in Tests and seeing a considerable improvement in performance, the year 2020 could be a breakout year for him in IPL.



International Career


Test Career


At the age of 18, Ishant Sharma was called to join the Indian squad for the tour of South Africa in 2006–07. However, after receiving the call and organizing travel arrangements, it was decided not to send him on the tour.


In May 2007, Ishant was selected in the test team for the Bangladesh tour and played as a replacement for the fast bowler Munaf Patel. He played in the second test where he bowled just three overs including one maiden and conceded five runs without taking a wicket.


A lot has been discussed Ishant Sharma’s now-famous spell against Australia’s Ricky Ponting in that Test at Perth on India’s tour to Australia in late 2007. It was a career-turning bowling spell where Ishant, a 19-year-old, gave Ponting a tough time in the middle by bowling outside off-stump and finally had him caught at slip. He got Ponting out 6 times in 7 innings.


After a good 2008, where he picked up 38 wickets in 13 Tests, his form dipped as he could only manage 43 wickets from 15 Tests in the next two years. He would deliver a great spell here and a ripper of a delivery there, but the consistency that was not to be seen.

He made a return in 2011, picking up 43 wickets in 12 Tests with two five-wicket hauls – both coming on India’s tour to the West Indies. In fact, with 22 wickets in 3 matches, he was the highest wicket-taker of the series and it appeared then that Ishant was back in the flow.


However, an ankle injury surfaced and Ishant Sharma’s resurgence was cut short. But lately Ishant Sharma 2.0 has surprised everybody with his performance.


Between 2015 and 2017, Ishant took a wicket once every 64 full-length deliveries. But since 2018, he has been striking once every 26 times he pitches it up.


Ishant's average in this period is better than that of Kagiso Rabada, James Anderson, Trent Boult, Stuart Broad and Josh Hazlewood.



ODI Career


Ishant Sharma made his ODI debut against South Africa on 29 June 2007 and had a rather sedate start to his limited-overs career.

In the ODI series that followed Ishant’s breakout Test series, the Delhi-pacer showed his true prowess in the shorter format. In one match he even delivered a ball that clocked 153 km/h. With 14 wickets in that series, Ishant was India’s leading wicket-taker and one of the reasons for their triumphant campaign (CB series).


However, the wrist positioning problems, injuries and dwindling pace caused him to lose his spot in the team. In limited-overs cricket, his form dipped dramatically. He became a liability who bowled too many hit-me balls that were carted all around the park.

Perhaps his worst performance in this period was being hit for 30 runs in an over by James Faulkner towards the tail end of an ODI against Australia, at Mohali in 2013, when India had almost clinched the game.

Ishant last played an ODI for India in 2016 and due to the strong competition has not been able to break into the team.



T20I Career


Despite having all the ingredients to be a gun T20 bowler, Ishant Sharma never really got going in the international T20 arena. With over a 13 year-long international career, Ishant Sharma has only played 14 T20Is and taken 8 wickets at an average of 50.


Family


Ishant Sharma nicknamed Lambu was born in Delhi on 2 September 1988 to Vijay Sharma and Grisha Sharma. He is married to former India women basketball player Pratima Singh. The Delhi-pacer received the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2020 for his contribution to Indian cricket over the last 13 years.