Ishant Sharma, the Indian pacer, has been out of the radar and it remains to be seen if the right-armer would make a comeback for team India going forward, given that the Indian team have already banked on youngsters for the future. However, Ishant did not shy away from opening up on his comeback and Indian T20 League auction in an interview with the Sportstar.
Eventually, the pacer opened up on workload management and claimed that it was not all a topic during his days with the Indian team. Claiming that it is a new term that has emerged of late, Ishant said his coach was old-fashioned and wanted him to bowl continuously from the afternoon till the sunset, with a hope to bowl long spells without much difficulty in the longest format of the game.
That’s a new term that’s come up: Ishant Sharma
Saying that a player cannot be stopped if he plays continuously in the domestic formats, Ishant added that a player must keep bowling 25 overs a day in the nets if they wish to bowl over 20 overs in a day in Ranji Trophy, thereby lasting the entire competition without breaking down or by taking rests in between.
“The only thing I would say right now is: ‘Do not think too much about the workload’. That’s a new term that’s come up in recent times, especially for fast bowlers. I never saw something like that during my international stint. When I started playing, my coach was an old-fashioned coach who would give me a ball in hand at 1 o’clock in the afternoon and we would go on till the sunset. That’s how I could bowl long spells when I made my debut in Ranji Trophy and later on for India. If you want to improve, the only thing you can do is to keep bowling,” Ishant was quoted as saying to Sportstar.
“I think if you have made your name through domestic cricket, you should not be selective about playing games thereafter. If you want to play domestic cricket, nobody can stop you. Only when you have played a sizable amount of cricket for the country can you be given a break at times. Most pacers break down during Ranji Trophy games because they don’t go through the ideal preparation,” he added.
