OTD in 1988: The birth of Ishant Sharma, who during the tour of Australia, showed a probing spell in the second innings in Perth, setting up India’s win

On this day in 1988, the Indian pacer Ishant Sharma was born. The star bowler helped India win some of the most memorable matches, series, and tournaments in the longer formats of the game. The right-arm pacer will be remembered for his spell in the Perth Test 2008 against Australia, the Lord’s Test 2014 against England, and the Champions Trophy final 2013 against England.

Ishant arrived at the scene with his memorable spell in the Perth Test against Australia. Bowling against some of the best batters in the world like Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, besides others, the young pacer bowled an impressive spell. He set a perfect plan and got the wicket of Ponting which will be remembered for a long time by the fans.

His spell in the second innings of the Lord’s Test against England in 2014 will probably be his best. Ishant claimed his career-best figures of 7/74 in the 2nd innings and helped India to win its first Test at Lord’s in over 28 years. The tall pacer played his 100th Test for India in Ahmedabad in the pink ball Test against England. In many ways, Test cricket saw some of his best performances.

His spells against Australia in the Border, the Gavaskar Trophy 2018/19 were great. With the new ball, he tamed the batters and dismissed them in their own backyard. Ishant played a key role in India winning the series in Australia for the first time in their history. In 105 Tests, Ishant claimed 311 wickets at a bowling average of 32.40. 

In ODIs, Sharma played 80 matches and claimed 115 wickets at a bowling average of 30.98. His most memorable performance was in the final of the Champions Trophy 2013. He claimed the crucial wickets of Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara to turn the game on its tide. He also played a key role in India winning the Commonwealth Bank Series of 2008 against Australia.

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