Ishant Sharma, who plays for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL), recently confessed that he finds bowling easy to most of his team's batsmen in nets except Rishabh Pant.
In a recent video posted by the official Twitter handle the fast-bowler talked about how he finds Rishabh Pant to be extremely unpredictable and doesn't exactly know where he is placing the deliveries at the nets.
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“I think, to be honest, everyone is fine except Rishabh Pant. Because he doesn't know where he is hitting. He might hit straight on your head as well," Ishant Sharma said.
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Bowling to @RishabhPant17 in nets ????
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Sharma then talked about the importance of pace bowling in Test cricket as he said, “Everybody should take credit. If you don't take 20 wickets, you can’t win a Test match. I think it's been a healthy competition with the bowlers of the Indian cricket team.”
The right-arm quick then answered the question about his height as he said, “The advantage (of his height) is that I get a lot of bounce when bowling. However, one of the disadvantages is that I get hit on my head whenever I am riding a car and there's a bump on the road.”
The Delhi-based cricketer then revealed the story behind Indian skipper Virat Kohli getting nickname 'Cheeku'.
“We have been playing together from U17. There is a lot of bonding and friendship. There was a coach who used to make fun of everyone during our U17 days. He started calling him Cheeku. So that's why,” the 31-year-old said.
(With India Today inputs)
