Ishant Sharma will be playing his 100th Test match when India clash with England at Ahmedabad's Motera Stadium. The match starting on Wednesday (Feb 24) will be a day-night game and will be played with a pink ball. Only Kapil Dev has played more Tests (131) among Indian pacers. The four-Test series is tied 1-1. (Video and photos courtesy: BCCI)
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00:03 Congratulations.
00:07 You're reaching the 100th test milestone on 24th.
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00:14 Which was the turning point for you
00:18 for you to really, really change your career
00:22 or define your career for the better?
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01:09 Congratulations on your 100th test.
01:12 It's like someone who's a senior bowler,
01:14 you learned a lot from Zach at the very end.
01:17 Now there are so many who look up towards you for advice.
01:22 So how has this been this progression from a young bowler
01:25 to a veteran of 100th test and leading possibly one
01:29 of India's best bowling attacks?
01:31 Obviously, it feels great, to be very honest.
01:35 To be very honest, yes, I learned a lot from Zach.
01:39 Especially his work ethic and everything,
01:43 he always kept on telling me how important
01:47 is fitness for a fast bowler.
01:48 So I always keep that in mind.
01:50 And that's what I told everyone, even in the team.
01:52 So if you keep working hard on your fitness,
01:55 I'm sure that you'll play longer.
01:58 And that's what I generally think about myself.
02:01 And that's what I pass on to my teammates as well.
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06:14 Hi, Ishanth.
06:28 Many congratulations.
06:30 Ishanth, you've really spoken about your fitness.
06:33 You've been in top fitness, of course.
06:36 Do you think you're in the best shape of your career
06:40 at the moment at 32?
06:42 Do you plan to stay fit and keep bowling
06:44 at about 38 like Jimmy Anderson?
06:47 38, sir.
06:49 It's very difficult for a fast bowler to say that,
06:52 to be very honest.
06:54 But I think I just go one game at a time.
06:57 I don't really think too forward
06:59 because you never know what comes next to you.
07:02 So it's better you just think about one game at a time.
07:05 And yes, as a body wise, I understand my body,
07:08 what kind of training I need to do.
07:11 Regarding my recovery,
07:12 before I used to train really hard
07:14 but I would never think about my recovery or anything.
07:17 But right now, I know that as you grow older
07:20 and you have to bowl long spells,
07:22 then you need to look after yourself
07:24 as a recovery wise as well.
07:26 So I'm looking after myself.
07:28 So I think everything is getting paid off
07:30 for me really well, to be very honest.
07:32 Ishanth, hi, and congratulations.
07:34 Ishanth, you started in Bangladesh
07:36 when Rahul Dravid was the captain.
07:39 You have played under such great captains
07:41 for so many years.
07:43 So from a bowler's perspective,
07:46 who is the captain who understood you the most?
07:51 It's very difficult to say
07:53 who understands me the most.
07:55 I think everybody understood me really well.
07:58 I think it's better for the captain
08:01 to understand me
08:03 than for me to understand him.
08:05 It's very important
08:08 to understand what you want from me.
08:09 If you could communicate that
08:11 then things become very easy for you
08:13 in the team.
08:15 As you spend time in the field
08:18 or in practice
08:20 or in any other way
08:22 you get to know about it
08:24 and those things become very easy for you.
08:26 So I think
08:28 it's better for me to understand the captain
08:30 than for him to understand me.
08:32 So things have become very easy for me.
08:35 You mentioned
08:37 what you would call
08:39 the high point of your career
08:41 and what you would call
08:43 the low point of your career.
08:45 What did these two phases
08:47 of your career teach you?
08:49 I think you can tell all these things
08:52 from the outside
08:54 about the low and high phases
08:56 in my life.
08:58 I was the same as I am now
09:00 and enjoy cricket as I used to.
09:02 That's why I am playing this sport.
09:04 Because I love this sport.
09:05 It's not that
09:07 I think about
09:10 what was high for me
09:12 and what I achieved in the low phase.
09:14 I just enjoy it.
09:16 I have only one motive
09:18 to win the team.
09:20 If I had analyzed all this
09:22 I would not have been able to play.
09:24 Hi Ikshant,
09:26 congrats on the milestone.
09:28 Just wanted to know
09:30 was it a bit frustrating
09:33 to go to Australia
09:34 and complete your 100th test
09:36 with injuries?
09:38 No sir,
09:40 I think obviously
09:42 I love to go to Australia
09:44 and complete my 100th test
09:46 but
09:48 there are many things
09:50 that you can't control.
09:52 Because obviously
09:54 Covid happened,
09:56 this happened,
09:58 that happened.
10:00 I couldn't go to Australia
10:02 but
10:03 the sooner you forget things
10:05 and move on,
10:07 the more simple things remain in life.
10:09 This is what I have learned
10:11 the most in my career.
10:13 If you forget and move on
10:15 it will be easier.
10:17 If you are stuck on your past performance
10:19 or past things
10:21 you can't move on.
10:23 The next match
10:25 can also affect
10:27 your past performance.
10:29 So
10:31 I try to forget
10:33 whatever happened to me
10:35 and move on
10:37 and focus on the next series.
10:39 Ikshant,
10:41 congratulations on your 100th test match.
10:43 My question is
10:45 since 2018,
10:47 you have taken 76 wickets
10:49 in 20 test matches
10:51 at 19.90 or something.
10:53 Which aspect of the skill set
10:55 were you able to improve so good
10:57 that you are able to come out
10:59 with a wonderful performance?
11:01 I just played
11:02 too many test matches
11:04 and we just played outside India.
11:06 That's why you can say
11:08 I have taken all these wickets.
11:10 If you don't bowl in India
11:12 how will you take wickets?
11:14 In India,
11:16 spinners are more active
11:18 and when we go out
11:20 spinners have a different role
11:22 and in India fast bowlers have a different role.
11:24 It is important to understand
11:26 what your role is in which condition.
11:28 I think most of the test matches
11:30 we played outside.
11:31 I bowled a lot
11:33 and just because of that
11:35 I took wickets.
11:37 You said that you are still 32
11:39 and since you are a fast bowler
11:41 I am sure that the landmark
11:43 has always been
11:45 that there is no one apart from
11:47 the great Kapil Dev to have played 100 test matches.
11:49 When did you feel
11:51 that you can do that
11:53 and now that you are only 32
11:55 and you have a lot of time
11:58 do you feel like crossing the next 131?
12:01 No sir, there is a lot of time in 131
12:03 to be very honest.
12:05 I don't feel like it right now
12:07 and I want to win the next match.
12:09 I only have one thing in my mind
12:11 that how we win this series
12:13 and qualify for the Test Championship.
12:15 Because as I always say
12:17 I have only one format to play
12:19 and this is like a World Cup for me
12:21 because the Test Championship
12:23 is like a World Cup.
12:26 So if we reach the final of the Test Championship
12:29 and win it
12:31 I have the same feeling
12:33 like you win the ICC World Cup
12:35 or the Champions Trophy.
12:37 Hi Ishaan, congratulations on your 100th Test Match.
12:39 I just wanted to know
12:41 a lot of players have talked about
12:43 the difficulty during batting
12:45 in the twilight period.
12:47 As a bowler I just wanted to know
12:49 do you think the short ball tactic
12:51 can be employed during that state
12:53 as batsmen are extra cautious
12:55 about the trouble of selecting the ball
12:56 looking at the new ground and the lights?
12:58 That we get to know
12:59 once we play this ground
13:01 because I think they have renovated
13:03 and everything.
13:05 So till now I can't really say anything
13:07 what trouble the batsmen and what not
13:09 because there are a lot of things
13:11 we have to see.
13:13 There will be a dew,
13:15 there will be a wicket factor,
13:17 obviously you are playing a pink ball test match
13:19 on the second Test Match we are playing in India
13:21 and especially this pink ball test match
13:23 we are playing in a new ground.
13:25 So even for us
13:27 we have to tackle all these things.
13:29 I am sure our batsmen
13:31 are really capable
13:33 to tackle all these things
13:35 how they need to go
13:37 and they prepare really well
13:39 to go on to the Test Match.
13:41 Nishant,
13:43 can you recall
13:45 the feeling you had
13:47 on the morning of your debut?
13:49 And that emotion
13:51 and the emotion of the 100th Test
13:53 how different and ready
13:55 you were to go on the day of your debut.
13:57 Can you recall
13:59 the feeling on the first day
14:01 who told you
14:03 that you will play the match
14:05 and what was happening in the morning?
14:07 Yes, the lucky thing is
14:09 that Ravi sir was the manager at that time
14:11 and he is still my shortest coach.
14:13 So that is one thing
14:15 and he told me at that time
14:17 obviously I was nervous
14:19 there was a lot of crowd
14:21 but once you are in the ground
14:23 you don't really feel nervous
14:25 you don't really think about the crowd
14:26 you just think about your bowling.
14:28 I was very nervous
14:30 that I had sweat in my hands
14:32 because I had to bowl.
14:34 And obviously
14:36 as a youngster
14:38 when you enter the dressing room
14:40 and see
14:42 that you share your dressing room
14:44 with such big stars
14:46 that is a different feeling.
14:48 So first I left the dressing room
14:50 and then I played the match
14:52 and in comparison to the crowd
14:54 and in comparison to the 100 test match
14:55 now it is just a number
14:57 for me to be very honest
14:59 I don't really think about
15:01 that I have played 100
15:03 or I am going to play 100
15:05 and what will happen after that.
15:07 I only go according to one match
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15:11 same feeling, same intent
15:13 same aggressiveness
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19:46 You have represented India in Test cricket for a long time
19:49 and have taken the responsibility of bowling
19:51 but when we talk about youngsters
19:54 especially Shahid Gul Thakur
19:56 Mohd. Saini, Mohd. Siraj
19:58 What do you think, which of these three
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20:03 I think I don't want to name any one
20:08 that skill wise there will be one fast bowler
20:11 who will be able to play in the team
20:14 If someone plays for India
20:15 it is because he is talented
20:17 he has performed in first class cricket
20:19 and is playing for the country
20:21 I think if there is someone after me
20:25 who will play for India
20:27 it will be Jasprit Bhumra
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20:31 I think he has to lead the way
20:34 for the youngsters
20:36 how he grooms people
20:38 how he talks is very important
20:40 Saini has pace
20:43 Siraj has good control
20:44 so all of them are different bowlers
20:46 you cannot pin point someone
20:48 and say that he will play for a long time
20:50 and he will not play
20:52 because everyone's skill is different
20:54 and everyone's role in the team is different
20:57 if you tell Saini to bowl at one place
21:00 you are not doing justice to his strength
21:04 and if you tell Siraj
21:06 that I want you to bowl at 140
21:08 you are not backing his strength
21:12 so it is important to know
21:13 everyone's strength
21:15 what is the strength of which fast bowler
21:17 and what is his role in the team
21:19 You were telling us
21:20 that in India
21:22 the roles of spinners are different
21:24 outside India
21:26 the pacers take more responsibility
21:28 so for this particular test
21:31 this is a pin ball test
21:33 do you think pacers will come to play more
21:36 their role will be more
21:38 and their responsibility will be more
21:40 because pin ball does help pacers
21:43 particularly in the time of twilight
21:47 it is difficult to say now
21:52 when we played against Bangladesh
21:54 when we started
21:56 it was our first test match
21:58 I came to know about the length
22:00 because in the normal test match
22:02 you have to bowl short
22:04 to get the ball moved
22:06 so how will the wicket be here
22:08 and how will they play
22:11 obviously under lights the ball swings
22:13 but due to the dew factor
22:16 you have to see the situation
22:17 so there will be a lot of things
22:19 you can't say straight away
22:21 that fast bowlers will be in the game
22:23 or spinners will be in the game
22:25 I think session wise
22:27 the game will change
22:29 and every bowler will have to take responsibility
22:31 that the ball may turn
22:33 so first in two sessions
22:35 spinners come to play
22:37 but after that
22:39 when under lights due
22:41 but the ball is not swinging
22:43 but still the ball is coming
22:45 so it depends on the situation
22:46 what kind of situation it is
22:48 and how the ball and wicket behave
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