Ishant Sharma

'Gary knows what he is doing'

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008

... on the new guys playing in India for the first time.Who do you think are key players for India?Ishant Sharma is an excellent product and he looks quite promising. I think at home, India has shown that it is one of the top sides. The big trump card, if he is fit, is Sachin Tendulkar. India has a class top-six. If they can get going, I can see the series going India’s way.What is your...

No fitness concerns: Venkatesh Prasad

Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008

CricketNo fitness concerns: Venkatesh Prasad Principal Correspondent — Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash READY TO DELIVER: Ishant Sharma has worked on his fitness for the Australia series. Bangalore: Venkatesh Prasad stressed that the Indian bowlers have worked a lot on their fitness ahead of the Test series against Australia.The bowling coach spoke to the media after a long day at the preparatory...

India v Australia: let the fanaticism begin

The Corridor (a cricket blog) (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008

... hand, looked to perfect his defence, testing his judgement of when to leave outside the off stump. Ishant Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar had a good little session, too, walking up to each other after almost every delivery and discussing what was right and what was wrong. The bowlers got an intense workout as well: Ishant Sharma bowled for an hour and 10 minutes in two spells,...

Ganguly keeps his place

Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008

... the squad by the new selection committee, chaired by K. Srikkanth (the other members are Yashpal Sharma, Surendra Bhave, Raja Venkatraman and Narendra Hirwani).The media was handed a written list of names by the attendant in the foyer outside the Cricket Centre, the Board headquarters. Badrinath, who replaced the injured Sachin Tendulkar for the Irani Cup, breaks into the Test squad for...

India include Ganguly

ECB (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008

... Mahendra Dhoni, Subramaniam Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Rudra Pratap Singh.

• India keep faith with Ganguly - Skysports.com
• Cricket-India select Ganguly for first two Australia tests - Reuters UK
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India keep faith with Ganguly

Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008

... has gone for the experience of Ganguly ahead of the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif and Rohit Sharma.Middle order batsman Subramaniam Badrinath will provide backup while a well-rested MS Dhoni returns as wicket-keeper after opting out of the recent series against Sri Lanka through exhaustion.It means there is no place for glovemen Dinesh Karthik or Parthiv Patel, who both toured Sri...

India name Ganguly in Test squad

BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008

India squad: Anil Kumble (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, Mahendra Dhoni, Subramaniam Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh.

Ganguly in for Australia series; Mishra, Badrinath new faces

India eNews (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008

... Sourav Ganguly, S. Badrinath, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, R.P. Singh.(Staff Writer, © IANS)

Cricket-India select Ganguly for first two Australia tests

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008

Squad: Anil Kumble (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Vangipurappu Laxman, Saurav Ganguly, Subramaniam Badrinath, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra. (Reporting by Sanjay Rajan; Editing by John O'Brien)

Ganguly named in squad for first two tests

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008

Sourav Ganguly was named in the test squad for the first two tests against Australia.S Badrinath named in Indian squad for the first two Tests against Australia.Spinner Amit Mishra also included in the team. The team: Anil Kumble (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS axman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma,...

Sourav Ganguly selected for Australia series

India eNews (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008

Squad: Anil Kumble (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, V.V.S. Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, S. Badrinath, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra.

Hayden ready for India

Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008

... said here on Tuesday.“The spin attack looks familiar with Kumble and Harbhajan in the side. But Ishant Sharma is a very confident bowler now and had a great series in Australia,” he said.“The Indian Premier League gave most of the foreign cricketers a wonderful platform to master the conditions here. And that experience should be very handy for many of my teammates on this trip,”...

Indian team for first Test to be announced today

Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008

... on Wednesday.The chairman of the new selection committee, K. Srikkanth, and colleagues Yashpal Sharma, Narendra Hirwani, Surendra Bhave and Raja Venkat, will also have an opportunity to interact with coach Gary Kirsten and captain Anil Kumble.Whither Ganguly? Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is not at Bangalore for the preparatory camp. It would be a matter of interest whether the left-hander,...

Getting ready for the big series

Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008

... Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Mohammad Kaif, Gautam Gambhir, R.P. Singh, Munaf Patel and Ishant Sharma — started out with a warm-up game akin to frisbee and then switched over to shuttle runs in batches. Kirsten, Prasad and Robin then conducted fielding drills with emphasis on fielding in the close-cordon and in the deep. Sharp low catches and quick returns just above the stumps...