Ishant not frustrated despite failing to get results down under
The lanky http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, Down Under.
The 23-year-old right-arm medium pacer has bowled his heart out in the first three Test matches, failing to make any difference, and the story was the same in the fourth and final match at the Adelaide Oval that got underway on Tuesday, January 24, 2012.
In the first innings, he was wicket-less while conceding a 100 runs.
The gangling pacer did not consider himself to be an unlucky bowler but rather his focus was on hard work to achieve the desired results.
"Am I the unluckiest bowler? You can't say that because cricket is a funny game,” said Sharma speaking to media personnel at the post day press conference on Wednesday. “You never know what's going to happen next. All you can do is to hope for the best,"
he added further.
The right-arm pacer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 was just happy playing for his country, and the euphoria of representing his country is enough motivation for him.
"When you choose fast bowling, it's a tough job. When you are bowling on flat tracks in India and you don't get anything out of it, you still carry on because bowling for your country is a big motivation. That remains the most important thing for me," said
Sharma who has so far played 44 Tests and 47 One Day Internationals for India claiming, 132 and 64 wickets in each format respectively.
His participation in the ongoing four-match series was called into question, when the fast bowler sustained an ankle injury in the opening warm-up game at Canberra. Luckily for Ishant, he recovered in time for the first Test, and has been the mainstay of
the Indian attack throughout the series.
Replying to a query regarding his sore ankle, Sharma revealed that he had received injections in Canberra, which has eased the injury on his ankle. He rubbished all rumours that he was going to have his ankle examined after the Test series, saying instead
that he was feeling perfect.
Ishant was also hopeful his team would make a comeback into the match on the third day of the ongoing fourth Test.
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