WATCH VIDEO: Ishant Sharma's ‘Fiery Spells’ Go Viral on "Special Day"
Home > News Shots > Sports newsTeam India is having a great time at the Carribean with back to back victories in T20s, ODIs and one of the two ongoing Test series. In the first Test match against the West Indies, Ishant Sharma picked up a brilliant 5 wicket haul.
Sharma's 5 for 42 helped India reduce West Indies from 174 for 5 to 179 for 8. But those are not the spells that are doing rounds on the internet but the one with Pakistan earlier. BCCI shared one of the test matches India played against Pakistan in which Ishant picked a 5 Wicket haul. The video was shared to wish Ishant Sharma as he celebrates his birthday on September 2.
“Happy Birthday @ImIshant On his special day, relive one of his fiery spells against Pakistan - not too long ago #TeamIndia" (Sic), tweeted BCCI along with the 1: 37-sec video. A lot of fans wished Ishant Sharma below the video appreciating his contribution to team India and also his batting skills.
Happy Birthday @ImIshant 💐
On his special day, relive one of his fiery spells against Pakistan - not too long ago 😜🎂 #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/fwZ5J4ITe5
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 2, 2019
It has to be mentioned that Ishant Sharma scored his maiden half-century in the ongoing 2nd test match against West Indies. One of the twitter accounts named "Sports Freak" listed down the number of batsmen who got dismissed by Ishant Sharma the most in Test Cricket.
As per Sport's freak's list, England's Cook got dismissed by Ishant on 11 occasions while Ian Bell got dismissed on 7 occasions. The other three names are Australia's Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Shane Watson with each of them sent back to pavilion on 7 different occasions.
Happy Birthday Ishant Sharma...
His Most Victims In Test Cricket
Cook - 11
Ponting - 7
Clarke - 7
Bell - 7
Watson - 7 pic.twitter.com/ziT5VrgCt5
— Sports Freak (@SportsF20689858) September 2, 2019