 Indian pace bowler Ishant Sharma was facing criticism on Tuesday after he was photographed showing his middle finger in a rude gesture to fans during the troubled tour of Australia.© AFP Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:30:07 GMTIndia paceman Ishant Sharma looks set to miss this year's Indian Premier League. The Delhi bowler, who plays for Deccan Chargers, underwent surgery on his troublesome ankle in London a few days ago and will return to India early next month. His stitc© HT Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:30:06 GMTIt's natural that being high-profile names, they will be the first to come under the microscope when the Indian cricket team fails. When the powers that be in Indian cricket sit down to take stock of the team's debacle in Australia, they will need to© HT Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:14:01 GMTIndia pacer Ishant Sharma said that the team remains positive despite trailing Australia by a huge 543 runs in the first innings on the second day of the fourth and the final Test at the Adelaide Oval here Wednesday.© IANS Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:00:31 GMTIndian paceman Ishant Sharma may be dropped for the Adelaide Test as the side may opt for two spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha and two seamers.© ANI Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:29:52 GMTThe namaste is passe. The middle-finger salute has become the new greeting of choice for Indians in Australia, or so the locals believe. A day after Ishant Sharma followed Virat Kohli with his finger pointing, the jokes just kept on coming.© HT Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:29:52 GMTIndia's Australia tour seems to be lurching from bad to worse. After Virat Kohli was fined for showing the middle finger to fans during the Sydney Test defeat, the local media has reported that Ishant Sharma made the offensive gesture to taunting fan© HT Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:19:21 GMTIndian fast bowler Zaheer Khan believes that fellow pacer Ishant Sharma will have a large impact on Perth Test against Australia, especially in the wake of him copping criticism for his middle finger salute to local fans at a go-karting venue.© ANI Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:59:58 GMT7 seconds. Yes, 7 seconds is what Ishant Sharma takes to sign an autograph. Now don't suspect an injured hand, it's just that he has changed his signature! As strange as it may sound, the premier fast bowler has done this on the advice of a Hyderabad© HT Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:47:20 GMTEnding all speculations, veteran India batsman V.V.S. Laxman Friday said pacers Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma are "fully fit and raring to go" in the Boxing Day Test starting Monday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).© IANS Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:52:43 GMTThe final day of the drawn three-day warm-up game here at the Manuka Oval between Indians and the Cricket Australia (CA) Chairman's XI turned farcical as Ishant Sharma, who was not even in the 13-man squad, bowled to prove that he is on track to lead© IANS Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:41:30 GMTFast bowler Ishant Sharma will be available for the opening Test against Australia starting on December 26 and may resume bowling in the nets with full vigour on Wednesday, according to team sources. The tall fast bowler had not bowled since he walke© HT Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:41:29 GMTWith question marks hanging over his fitness, Ishant Sharma's presence at the full training session on Sunday failed to allay those doubts, as the lanky pacer had a light workout and didn't bowl a single delivery.© HT Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:19:53 GMTAustralia's spin legend Shane Warne feels that bowling will be India's weak link in the four-Test series starting in Melbourne on Boxing Day.© IANS Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:06:42 GMTIshant Sharma walking off the field on the first day has caused some concern. The paceman, who broke down in England with an ankle injury, was due for surgery on his return home but told HT he was postponing it until after the Oz tour. He later consu© HT Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:06:41 GMTIndia's Australia tour started on a shaky note as pace ace Ishant Sharma had an injury scare after landing awkwardly on his fragile ankle. However, after going off the field just three delivers into his opening spell, the tall paceman returned and bo© HT Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:32:56 GMTIndia fast bowler Ishant Sharma said the fiercely fought 2007-08 series against Australia helped him emerge as a better bowler in international cricket.© IANS Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:00:15 GMTIndia's lanky seamer Ishant Sharma is all buoyed up with his present role as the senior bowler of the team that has now three speedsters capable of striking up a pace of over 90 miles per hour.© IANS Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:00:01 GMTFrontline spinner Harbhajan Singh was on Friday left out of the Indian squad for the first Test against the West Indies, even as other senior players returned from injuries.© AFP Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:12:22 GMTSome unidentified miscreants stole important documents of Indian cricketer Ishant Sharma from his car here, police said Friday.© IANS |