Delhi Capitals players Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin and others pose for photographs before leaving for UAE to participate in IPL 2020, amid the ongoing corona...
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India's Ishant Sharma plays at the ball during the first cricket test between India and New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, New Zealand.
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India's Ishant Sharma, center, celebrates the dismissal of New Zealand's Tom Blundell for 30 during the first cricket test between India and New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wel...
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Indian bowler Ishant Sharma cheers with teammates after dismissing Bangladesh batsman Mehidy Hasan (unseen) during the 1st pink-ball day/night cricket test match between India and ...
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Indian players congratulate teammate Ishant Sharma after he dismissed Bangladesh's Ebadot Hossain during the first day of the second test match between India and Bangladesh, in Kol...
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India's Ishant Sharma, third right, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of Bangladesh's Shadman Islam during the first day of first cricket test match between India and Banglad...
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Indian bowler Ishant Sharma, centre, celebrates with Rohit Sharma, left, after dismissing South Africa's Temba Bavuma during the third day of the first cricket test match against S...
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India's Ishant Sharma celebrates after he scored a half century against West Indies during day two of the second Test cricket match at Sabina Park cricket ground in Kingston, Jamai...
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India's bowler Ishant Sharma is greeted by teammates after taking a return catch to dismiss West Indies' Shimron Hetmyer during day two of the first Test cricket match in Antigua.
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India's Ishant Sharma celebrates taking the wicket of West Indies' Shai Hope during day two of the first Test cricket match at the Sir Vivian Richards cricket ground in North Sound...
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India's Ishant Sharma celebrates with captain Virat Kohli the dismissal of West Indies' Kemar Roach during day two of the first Test cricket match at the Sir Vivian Richards cricke...
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Delhi Capitals' captain Shreyas Iyer, second from left, greets Ishant Sharma and team members after winning the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad's during the VIVO IPL T20 cricket ...
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Delhi Capitals Ishant Sharma gestures and other teammates celebrate dismissal of Kolkata Knight Riders' Joe Denly during the VIVO IPL cricket T20 match in Kolkata
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DC Bowler Ishant Sharma with teammates during the Indian Premier League 2019 cricket match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Delhi Capital (DC) at Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Stad...
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Delhi Capitals Ishant Sharma, left, celebrates the dismissal of Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma, right, during the VIVO IPL T20 cricket match in Mumbai.
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Delhi Capitals Ishant Sharma, left, celebrates the dismissal of Mumbai Indians Quinton de Kock, right, during the VIVO IPL T20 cricket match in Mumbai.
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From left, India's Mayank Agarwal, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma hold the stumps after India defeated Australia on day five of the third cricket te...
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India's Ishant Sharma bats during play in the second cricket test between Australia and India in Perth, Australia.
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Indian players celebrate after India's Ishant Sharma, centre, caught out Australia's Travis Head during play in the second cricket test between Australia and India in Perth, Austra...
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India's Ishant Sharma (left) celebrates with skipper Virat Kohli after the dismissal of Australia's Travis Head during play in the second cricket test between Australia and India i...
Selectors have dropped pacer T Natarajan and added spin all-rounder Axar Patel to the squad which has been named only for first two Tests of four-match series
The new selection committee, led by Chetan Sharma, aren't expected to spring too many surprises as most of the fit and available players currently in Australia are automatic picks
India's much-delayed domestic cricket season starts with the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament, which will also serve as the audition before the IPL 2021 auction
India speedster Ishant Sharma, who missed the ongoing tour of Australia due to side strain suffered during the Indian Premier League, has also been named in the squad.
With regular skipper Virat Kohli returning home for the birth of his first child, Ajinkya Rahane will lead India in the remaining three Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
David Warner's absence in the first Test and Ishant Sharma missing out of the four-match series pretty much puts both teams on an even keel but Isa Guha opined that once the left-hander is back in the mix, India would be the underdogs