Ishant Sharma

Ishant Sharma

Sharma in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Ishant Vijay Sharma
Born	(1988-09-02) 2 September 1988 (age 28) Delhi, India
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Batting style	Right handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 258)	25 May 2007 v Bangladesh
Last Test	13 February 2017 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 169)	29 June 2007 v South Africa
Last ODI	17 January 2016 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	29
T20I debut (cap 21)	1 Feb 2008 v Australia
Last T20I	10 October 2013 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–present	Delhi
2008–2010	Kolkata Knight Riders
2011–2012	Deccan Chargers
2013–2015	Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 1)
2016—present	Rising Pune Supergiants (squad no. 1)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 74 80 14 105 Runs scored 550 72 8 668 Batting average 8.73 4.80 8.00 8.45 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 31* 13 5* 31* Balls bowled 14307 3733 278 19966 Wickets 215 115 8 334 Bowling average 36.47 30.98 50.00 31.34 5 wickets in innings 7 0 – 11 10 wickets in match 1 0 – 2 Best bowling 7/74 4/34 2/34 7/24 Catches/stumpings 14/– 19/– 4/– 23/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 December 2014

Ishant Sharma ( pronunciation ; born 2 September 1988) is an Indian cricketer who has represented India in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is a 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) tall right-arm fast-medium bowler.

At the age of 18, Sharma was called to join the Indian squad for the tour of South Africa in 2006–07. However, after receiving the call and organising travel arrangements, it was decided not to send him on the tour. In reference to his height and lean physique in his Under-19 days, the bowler was nicknamed Lambu. In 2011, he became the fifth youngest player to take 100 Test wickets. Against South Africa in 2013, Ishant Sharma became the fifth quickest Indian to grab 100 ODI wickets. While being a "rhythm" bowler, he still is considered one of the fastest Indian bowlers having bowled in excess of 150 km/h on several occasions in international cricket as well as the IPL, his fastest being 152.2 km/h bowled to Ricky Ponting on Boxing Day Test in 2011.

Ishant plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and has taken 68 wickets in 14 first-class games, including a five-wicket haul against Baroda on the opening day of a match Delhi drew after failing to bowl Baroda out on the fourth day.

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. On the basis of his strong performance in Australia in 2008, Ishant Sharma was bought for a winning bid of $950,000 by Kolkata Knight Riders in the player auction for the Indian Premier League. This was the highest amount paid for any bowler in tournament.

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