Short biography of Ishant Sharma

Ishant Sharma was born on 2 September 1988, in Delhi (India). He is an Indian cricketer. He is a 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. In reference to his height and lean physique in his Under-19 days, the bowler was nicknamed Lambu.

Ishant Sharma started his career with domestic cricket. Ishant plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and has taken 21 wickets in four first class games. Ishant first toured England with the India Under-19s in 2006 and Pakistan in 2006–07. In May 2007, he was selected in the test team for the Bangladesh tour and played as a replacement for the fast bowler Munaf Patel.

On 10 February 2008, Sharma bagged four important wickets in the 4th ODI of CB Series against Australia. He ended the match with figures of 4/38 and named man of the match^. He scalped two important wickets on 18 February 2008 versus Australia in the 7th ODI of CB series.

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.

Although he had little success, the management retained him for the third Test match at Perth. On the fourth day of the match he bowled an exceptional spell to Australian captain Ricky Ponting that resulted in his wicket and helped India claim victory^.He used the pace and bounce of the WACA wicket to trouble the batsmen. In the following test played in Adelaide he picked up two wickets and impressed everyone with his bowling. He finished the tour of Australia with figures of 6/358, an average of 59.66 and a strike rate of 101.0.

On 10 February 2008, Sharma bagged four important wickets in the 4th ODI of CB Series against Australia. He ended the match with figures of 4/38 and named man of the match^. He scalped two important wickets on 18 February 2008 versus Australia in the 7th ODI of CB series.