Ishant Sharma is not good enough for automatic Test selection

[express bowling]

The Indian cricket fraternity love mediocrity.

[Lord]

Ishant is not even running in well and looks unfit/injured.

 

Should at best be SENA  specialist now.

 

In India his record is average anyway.Worth trying a youngster instead.

[goose]

he needs to be put down.

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, Lord said:

Ishant is not even running in well and looks unfit/injured.

 

Should at best be SENA  specialist now.

 

In India his record is average anyway.Worth trying a youngster instead.

 

No upside to playing him in SENA either.

 

Bumrah

Siraj

Prasidh / Someone new and better

Shardul 

 

should play in SENA.

[afan]

100 Test and 300 wickets is called Under Performance by any stretch of imagination.

 

The only credit that goes in his favor is longevity.

 

As someone mentioned it, Mediocrity cannot be justified just because someone has survived for that long

 

The writing was on the wall long time ago, its just that someone has mis-read it so far

[R!TTER]

7 hours ago, goose said:

he needs to be put down.

Shots fired 

[figo6762]

8 hours ago, Lord said:

Ishant is not even running in well and looks unfit/injured.

 

Should at best be SENA  specialist now.

 

In India his record is average anyway.Worth trying a youngster instead.

He needs to be taken the farm … not SENA… he’s beyond expiry date 

[cowboysfan]

if siraj was playing we would have a 150 run lead,Dravid has dissapointed me so far in making the right choices and he continues Shastris seniority first nonsense,

[Frustrated]

It seems Siraj has not fully recovered from the injury he suffered during T20 series.  Otherwise Ishant would not hv played.   

[Jay]

Fast bowling is simply brutal. 

Got to be strong, durable, have cardio/endurance, be able to sustain speeds for long periods. 

Not only do they train to bowl consistently. They have to find the time to add I weight training into their schedule to strengthen their muscles and ligaments. 

 

Only the toughest can survive. Truly a work of art. One of the hardest and most gruelling job in sports. The sheer amount of stress you place on your back and feet is immense. Nothing but respect to fast bowlers. Not for the faint hearted fodders. 

 

Ishant was a great servant from 2015-2019. He is close to being finished if he isn't already. 

[vishalvirsingh]

On 6/24/2021 at 1:47 PM, express bowling said:

Ishant has not looked fully fit in the last 2 years.

 

Loses steam after a few overs. Has missed a lot of series as well as matches. 

 

We need to replace him with Siraj in the 5 test series in England.

 

Prasidh and Avesh need to be tried against weaker teams.

ishant is probably 6.6 ft tall and when he is fit , he can easily bowl 140 K continuously. 

but now we are seeing him bowling 126k to 139K and many a times under 130K...his line and length has been probably the best he has ever bowled and that's why he is getting some wickets.

but he has slowed down considerably and now it makes sense that he should let avesh and prasidh play ahead of him. delhi devils selected avesh ahead of him and Umesh and probably Indian selectors need to notice this as well.

[vishalvirsingh]

15 hours ago, Frustrated said:

It seems Siraj has not fully recovered from the injury he suffered during T20 series.  Otherwise Ishant would not hv played.   

where did u read that?

[Frustrated]

4 minutes ago, vishalvirsingh said:

where did u read that?

https://www.insidesport.in/mohammed-siraj-injury-update-indian-pacer-wears-protective-gloves-bowls-in-the-nets-ahead-of-ind-vs-nz-1st-test/

[Vijy]

Ishant needs to be booted out quickly. He did fine service during his peak years, but it's time to move on