Ishant Sharma

Ishant Sharma is an international Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian National Team since May 2007. He has also played for the Delhi Cricket Team and the Delhi Capitals.

Player Profile

Ishant Sharma, nicknamed ‘Lambu’, was born on September 2, 1988, in Delhi, India. He is a right-arm fast bowler who bowls at a pace of 145 km/hr (90 mph).

This showed when he once clocked a 152.6 kph or 94.8 mph bowl. It was the fastest ever bowled by an Indian bowler.

Career

He started his domestic career playing for the Delhi Cricket Team in 2006. As of 2023, he is still part of the Delhi domestic team.

A year after turning pro, Sharma made his Test Cricket debut playing against Bangladesh in 2007. He made his One Day International debut in the same year. A year later, he debuted in T20I. He continues to play for the Indian Men’s National Cricket Team as of 2023.

Alongside his time with Delhi, he also played for the Kolkata Knight Riders from 2008 to 2010. From 2011-2012, he was with the Deccan Chargers. Then from 2013 to 2015, he played for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In 2016, he played for the Rising Pune Supergiants. Then in 2017, he signed with the Kings XI Punjab.

In 2018, he played abroad for the first time and signed with the Sussex County Cricket Club in England. In 2019, he returned to India to play for the Delhi Capitals. He is still part of the Capitals team as of 2023.

Career Highlights

• 2008 - Man of the Match award

against Australia in February

Career Statistics

• Matches - 105 (Test), 80 (ODI), 149

(FC), 123 (LA)

• Runs scored - 785 (Test), 72 (ODI),

1,061 (FC), 174 (LA)

• Batting average - 8.26 (Test), 4.80

(ODI), 8.69 (FC), 6.96 (LA)