“No-ball issue had no impact on mindset,” says Ishant Sharma on no-ball issue

Dixit Bhargav | 15/12/2018
Ishant Sharma on no-ball issue

Ishant Sharma on no-ball issue: The Indian spearhead disclosed that the no-ball issue had no impact whatsoever on his mindset.

India fast bowler Ishant Sharma was in the middle of a controversy when it was reported that a handful of his no-balls were not given by the umpire in the first Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Adelaide.

The reports had come out after India had won the match by 31 runs. Sharma, who picked up three wickets in the match, was accused of overstepping several times in the match. With umpire not calling no-balls, the bowler hardly has anything to do with it.

However, it throws light on the umpires’ knack of operating these days. Since a no-ball has it in it to change the course of a match, it is the primary duty of the umpires to signal a no-ball whenever the bowler oversteps.

With bowling figures of 20.3-7-41-4, Sharma registered his maiden four-wicket haul on Australia soil today morning. Sharma played an instrumental role in clearing up the Australian tail, a facet of the game which India have struggled to do in the recent past.

Speaking at the press conference after the end of second day’s play, Ishant Sharma was asked if the whole incident took a toll on his mindset. “Maybe Australian media should answer that,” Sharma was seen taking a jibe at the Australian media who had criticized the Indian bowler to a large extent.

Asked about the Indian batsmen’s performance on the second day, Sharma was wax lyrical about the India captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, a duo which has build an unbeaten 90-run partnership for the fourth-wicket. Sharma was hopeful of both the batsmen continuing in the same manner tomorrow, eventually giving India a first-innings lead.

Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on Sharma below:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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