Ishant sharma

Hi guyz, newbie here but have been a lurker for quite sometime.I almost couldn't believe it when i don't see any Ishant centered threads..almost evry other cric forum have discussed about him for pages! In case this has been done before i requested the mods to direct me to the same.i used the search option..but didn't come up with anythng.

Anyways going back to the subject of the thread..i've been very impressed by Sharma.He is tall,fast and gets good bounce as well..he is primarily an inswing bowler (i'm not talking about regular 6 inch inswing here but huge ones appx 2 feet,i reckon) but has developed the one which holds its line during the Ind-Aus test and odi series.At first i thought he wasn't understanding what was happening..but he has convinced me now that he can bowl the one that holds its line at will.But perhaps what truly amazed me  was his ability  to  bowl at express pace..i understand  that  we Indians  almost  invariably hype our bowlers after a single good performance, but IMHO no one till date have had this sort of talent.but mine is obviously a biased POV..therefore i invite all you guyz to express your first impression of this guy here.

Happy Posting..


Edited by Lambu - 31 March 2008 at 2:52pm

yeah, even i think Ishant must play county somewhere down the line.More than anything i'm actually worried about how the think-tank manages him.Must not use him dead rubbers,imo.

Originally posted by The Tyke India don't have any excuse to play on tracks like this one in the past test.

  I agree Tykey , but my gutfeel is that the BCCI realise that a drawn series against the South Africans will keep them ranked at 2.  Very negative , if true , but then when last was a surface produced in India without heavily favouring the home side ?

Oh and as for Ishant Sharma, his performances in Australia were good but he still has a long way to go. He has the potential to develop into a deadly bowler but for that he should avoid injuries. He will be cannon fodder though if BCCI keep producing these flat tracks as his pace and bounce will just get the ball to sit up nicely for the batsman. His pace will help the ball come easily onto the bat and he will struggle as I don't believe that he is line and length. In australia he was negating that by his bounce which he won't get in India, and by his inswing which I again doubt will happen to that much extent or even happen if these type of pitches are made. 

If the plan was to play out 3 draws and maintain 2nd in the rankings they've certainly failed on that front with this test. To be honest the Indians have bowled terribly in this test and they really need Sharma back

Yeah the places he'll really flourish are Australia as we've already witnessed, South Africa and England with the swing.

Ishant Sharma is an Indian cricketer. He is a player right arm at a rapid rate of about 135 km / h Ishant plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and has taken 19 wickets in four first-class matches, including a row five wickets against Baroda on the opening day Match Delhi withdrew after failing to Baroda bowling on the fourth day.