My true strength lies in Test cricket:Ishant Sharma

July 13, 2016 | 02:48 PM | 56 Views
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Indian speedster Ishant Sharma who is gearing up for the upcoming Test series against the West Indies believes the five-day cricket is his strength.

Ishant is the most-experienced fast bowler that India have in their 17-member Test squad captained by ace batsman Virat Kohli. However, Ishant has struggled to find a place in the shorter formats.

“You have to be honest with yourself, that’s the most important thing. If you are being honest with yourself it’s easy to accept things. I know that I didn’t do well in the shorter formats of the game, so I accepted it,” Ishant was quoted as saying by bcci.tv on Tuesday.

“But I am doing well in Test cricket so I know what my strength is.”

The lanky pacer also said switching from one format to the other in a short span of time has made life more difficult for bowlers.

“If you are playing all formats of the game, it’s very difficult to think what’s going wrong for you and what’s going right for you,” he said.

“It’s very difficult as you have (a) very short time to understand all these things. I know I didn’t do well in T20s. I think everybody has their strengths. I always believe in that, and there is no harm to accept that thing.”

The last time Ishant was here in 2011 he bagged a total of 22 wickets from three Tests. He said he is sharing his experience with the other youngsters in the team but insisted there was a need of two-way communication between them.

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