Indian senior pacer Ishant Sharma is ready to bowl in England again where he feels very nice and much comfortable.
Talking about becoming the fast bowler, Ishant told Daily Telegraph, “Whatever I choose is my choice, so I can’t really blame anyone why I didn’t become a spinner and why I’m a fast bowler, Sharma jokes. Fast bowling obviously it’s a difficult thing to do, takes a lot of toll on your body. But it’s a really enjoyable thing as well. It tests your character, tests your strength. It’s really good for me to be a fast bowler. Even in India I’m still happy.”
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The right-arm tall pacer was the hero during India’s historic Lord’s Test victory in the 2014 tour where Ishant had an impressive bowling figure of 7/74 in the fourth innings of the match as England failed to chase down the target of 319 runs.
Talking about bowling in the English condition, Ishant said, “The weather is so nice (in England), you can bowl long spells, the conditions are helpful. The ball is nice, the wicket is favourable. There’s a lot of difference between bowling in England and India.”
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In his 11-years of international cricketing career, Ishant has observed the huge transformation of the fitness levels in the Indian cricket team.
Starting from the initial stage of his career, Ishant said, “I was not the one who really believed in training. I didn’t have too much knowledge about training. So I wasn’t training that much. When I went home, I was not doing anything. Just relaxing. I think that’s the point, I changed my life and improved my cricket skill level.
“We have become so much fitter because there is so much knowledge, and there is so much contribution from everyone. If you want to play a good amount of cricket for the country, you need to work hard. You can’t just bowl or just bat. You need to go into the gym, go running, look after your recovery system, your diet and everything.”
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Ishant has admitted that he is now a matured bowler who can adapt according to the situation.
Talking about himself, Ishant said, “Earlier I was really raw. I didn’t know much about bowling – I would just bowl fast. Now I know like, what the batsman is doing, how is the weather, how the wicket is going to behave, then after how many overs what you need to do and everything. You need to adapt, and bowl according to the situation.
“I’m not really the kind of guy who likes to give up on things, so I’m really hard on myself, he says. I’m the kind of a person, when the things are really tough I really want to take it on. Sometimes he has to keep on going till the time I don’t get what I want.”
