Sharma’s Bowls Were A Delight
Ishant Sharma’s bowling spell in the second session of the third day in the ongoing Trent Bridge test match was a treat to watch. The tall, lanky young man bowled some absolute peach in that spell to get India on the driving seat.
Yes, the ball was reversing a bit, but, still, right lengths had to be hit and Ishant did that perfectly. He bowled fraction fuller than he normally does and extracted a lot from the wicket. His deliveries were coming in sharply for the right handed batsmen and a few of them were going straight as well.
The Delhi quickie got Robson out with an in dipper and then he bowled a middle stump delivery to Ballance which didn’t go away after pitching. The Yorkshire left hander was playing for that away going ball and thus, he couldn’t make the connection. The ball wrapped on his pad and the umpire’s finger was up straightaway.
Ishant then got Bell out as well with a beautiful delivery. He bent his back and made that ball rise from a length. Bell wanted to play a cut shot on that, but, after realizing that it was bouncing a bit too much, he tried to take his bat away. The ball, however, somehow kissed a part of the bat and went into Dhoni’s gloves.
In the last session of the day, Ishant looked a bit tired though and that’s understandable. He had done a lot of bowling in the first two sessions.
Ishant would be the key for India on the last day of the match as well. India, in all likelihood, would bat at a quick rate in the second innings and put England back in later tomorrow.
However, the first thing that the Indian bowlers will have to do on the Saturday morning is to separate the Root-Anderson pair which frustrated them a lot in the last hour of the third day.