Where is Ishant Sharma

Don't you think that we all are missing Ishant Sharma.

Slim, tall and bubbly kind of guy. We all remember that ball which took the wicket of Ricky Ponting.

Ishant ... where are you ?

I am sure ... Kumble was missing his ace pace machine, Ishant Sharma when South African Batsman were throwing their bats all around the park ... What do you think guys ... just post your comments ...

I never saw in past few months that Indian bowling attack was so helpless and so ordinary ... I must say they were starving wickets. Their body language was totally changed so down and dull. I think thats the magic of controversy which made them so dangerous with killing instinct.

Lets hope that Indian batsman can perform and save the follow on first and then give the lead. If this will happen than this test match will be end in drawn.

Kolkata Knight Riders - Korbo, Lodbo, Jitbo !!

Owned by Shah Rukh Khan and his company Red Chillies, which has as the partner, Juhi Chawla

Captain: Sourav Ganguly

The Team:-

Sourav Ganguly - India
Ishant Sharma - India
Chris Gayle - West Indies,
Brendon McCullum - New Zealand
David Hussey - Australia
Shoaib Akhtar - Pakistan
Ricky Ponting - Australia
Ajit Agarkar - India
Murali Kartik - India
Umar Gul - Pakistan
Tatenda Taibu - Zimbwea
Salman Butt - Pakistan
Mohammad Hafeez - Pakistan
Siddarth Kaul - India
Iqbal Abdulla - India

Shahrukh Khan giving replica of Kolkata Knight Riders to Ishant Sharma in his own style.

Ishant Sharma will miss the first test against South Africa starting from 26th March 2008 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. He is suffering from Inflammation to his big toe.Lets hope for the best and waiting for his arrival for Gram Smith and his members.

14 Members for first two tests are

• Anil Kumble (Capt)
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Sourav Ganguly
• VVS Laxman
• Rahul Dravid
• Virender Sehwag
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk)
• Wasim Jaffer
• Yuvraj Singh
• Irfan Pathan
• Harbhajan Singh
• Piyush Chawla
• Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
• Rudra Pratap Singh.

South Africa Tour of India 2008

1st Test - March 2008 Wed 26 - Sun 30

10:00 local, 04:30 GMT

MA Chidambaram Stadium,
Chepauk,Chennai

2nd Test April 2008 Thu 3 - Mon 7
10:00 local, 04:30 GMT
Sardar Patel Stadium,
Motera,Ahmedabad

3rd Test April 2008 Fri 11 - Tue 15

10:00 local, 04:30 GMT

Green Park, Kanpur

"I don't think I need to build strong muscles"

New Delhi (PTI): Pace sensation Ishant Sharma on wednesday refused to follow the advise of former Australian coach John Buchanan that he needed to "build muscles" so that his wiry frame could sustain pressures of international cricket.

"I don't think I need to build strong muscles. I feel I am completely fit," Sharma said on the sidelines of a function here.Buchanan, who will coach Sharma in the Kolkata IPL team, had said that the gangling bowler should concentrate on building muscles to withstand the vigours and pressure of excessive bowling.

The towering bowler also declared himself fit for the South African series, saying he had recovered from his finger injury, which prevented him playing in the second final of the CB tri-series in Australia."I am fit now," he said replying to a query on his recovery from injury but refused to elaborate because of BCCI's gag order.

However, his coach Shravan Kumar confidently declared that the young pacer was fit to play in the upcoming South African Test series."He has recovered from his injury and we hope that he will play Test series against South Africa. Though he has to undergo a fitness test and final decision (on his fitness) will be taken only after that," Kumar said.

Selectors will meet in Bangalore on March 17 to pick the team for the first Test match, beginning in Chennai on March 26.

"He is dangerous ... "

Well we are not talking about any explosive here ... we are talking about Ishant Sharma ... and those words came from non-other than Ricky Ponting ... In his very first tour of Australia ... he came back home with praise of all cricket guru ... everyone is saying he is the future of Indian pace (at last now we can call) attack ... He delivered the fastest ball (153.0 kph) ever delivered by any Indian Cricket pace bowler after Ashish Nehra (against Zimbabwe in 2003 world cup, 149.7 kph).

Whenever any sportsman get in fame ... media and all guru of respective game started to compare with the legends. Sachin was compared with Sir Donald Bradman and this time Ishant compared with the most gentle and respected fast bowler of cricket world ... Javagal Srinath, someone even compared Ishant to Curtly Ambrose. But this is all the matter when a new kid come to the block.

So at last country which was famous for the top batsman and spinner, got a sheer pace bowler as well. The best thing about Ishant is ... he is a very quick learner and composed ... he come to his run up with some tricks and deliver them ... he again go back to the run up with some tricks and delivered ... he again do the same thing ... and at last batsman give up and throw his wicket to him ... He is really a big discovery for Indian cricket in this down under tour ...

Full name - Ishant Sharma

Born Date - 2nd September, 1988,

Born Place - Delhi

Major Teams - India, Delhi, North Zone and India Red

Batting Style - Right Hand Bat

Bowling Style - Right Arm

Test debut - Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, May 25-27, 2007

ODI debut - India v South Africa at Belfast, Jun 29,2007

One over suggested by Virendra Sehwag ... accepted by Skipper and delivered by Ishant Sharma change whole India tour ... Ishant Sharma pick the important brick i.e., skipper Ricky Ponting from the Australian Cricket Fort and later on result came ... India won the test match on world fastest pitch ... no one even think about it ...

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