How often have we heard statements like : 'Thats a fast delivery from Brett Lee and the batsmen had no clue about it', 'India collapse against the pace and bounce of Australian bowlers', and so on...
The Indians have always been on the receiving end of tall fast bowlers and have struggles to cope with them many a times. We as Indians, have always wished if we also had someone who can hurry and trouble batsmen with his pace and bounce. We have always been looking for a genuine fast bowler. Have we found one in ISHANT SHARMA??? Ishant's performance on the Australian tour has been nothing short of phenomenal. He has bowled fast very fast, got great bounce and has troubled everyone with his line and length. He has dismissed the world's best batsmen at the moment Ricky Ponting 3 times and at times made him look like a novice. He has also dismissed likes of Gilchrist,Hayden,Clarke, Symonds and Jaysuriya with his awkward pace and bounce. He has bowled with great attitude running in every ball no matter what the situation. He has become the spearhead of the Indian attack in only his first series. He has even crossed the 150km barrier(never done before by an Indian) making him the fastest ever Indian bowler.
What a great, refreshing sight it is for an Indian to see an Indian dishing out some serious pace and making batsmen hop and looking hurried and ruffled. The new ball spells by Ishant have been amazing to watch throughout the series. I firmly believe that he will continue the good work in this series and I can hardly imagine him having a real bad game with the way he is bowling. But is this the first time we have seen an Indian bowling at a lively pace. No. There have been quite a few Indian bowlers who started off at a lively pace but soon gave up the extra pace for line and length(quite notably Munaf Patel and Irfan pathan). This is one thing that we have to ensure doesnt happen with Ishant. He is just 19 and has the build of a fast bowler and according to Wasim Akram(a legendary bowler), Ishant can only get stronger and faster with age. And Ishant has already got faster game by game. Realising the fear of Ishant giving up pace, Harsha Bhogle made a great comment: 'After Ishant goes back from this tour and someone tells him that Ishant you should extend your carrer, just cut down on your pace and think about a long career, Then that man should be deported'. Ishant has to avoid such people and continue bowling fast. He can be a deadly weapon for India in all forms of the game. We all want Ishant to remain the same after this series too... We want Ishant winning matches for India in future, not just this series.
For God's sake, we dont want to lose Ishant. He is India's biggest find of the tour...
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no doubts abt ishant sharma's ability to bowl a probing length and an accurate line... no doubts abt his pace either... as rightly pointed out by ur post... one doubts whether the indian management nurtures this talent well...
Man, whr do u get to know every that new phrase that u use in ur post :) For sure, this is a gift of our sport's commentators which u happen to grab every time !
Great going !
The Ishant superfast has arrived. he has to go on working hard and I am sure he can cross 150. kapil dev has rightly said he has to ensure he does not slip like his other colleagues like Munaf and irfan. Well i really feel sad about Munaf who has only himself to blame for his decline. Look at how he moves in the field. he doesnt move but drags. seems to have lost all the steam. Hope ishant does the reverse. My best wishes to him
Ishant Sharma has truely been the biggest find of the CB Series. It seemed that he had just what was required to bowl out the top order whether it was against the Lankans or OZs.
Another major and probably the most encouraging thing that has come out for the indians from the series, is that the new young team definitely clicks. with ishant opening the bowling for india and is irfan/shreesanth to support him, harbhanjans guiding the indian bowling attack through the middle overs and the final spells of the pace bowlers in the slog overs, everything abt the indian bowling attack seems to have finally fallen in place.
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