Pakistan Coach Lawson Backs India's Sharma For Australia
Ishant Sharma celebrates a wicket in Bangalore.
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Sharma took his maiden five-wicket haul in the ongoing third and final Test against Pakistan after coming in as a late replacement to cover injuries to Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel.
"It's nice to see a bowler hit the deck hard and he could be handy in Australia," Lawson told a news conference.
"He has pace and bounce," he added.
Sharma said, "Everyone helped me, the new-ball partner and the bowling coach and when you bowl well then it's a great satisfaction.
"It is not an easy track to bowl on. After some time I changed my line and tried as hard as possible.
"I was hit for a few boundaries but I never get discouraged so you have to keep a big heart to bowl at this level. You need patience on such sort of pitches, which I kept," he said.
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