This player is very stubborn, he played his last match for India 3 years ago, still he doesn’t retire

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|28-08-2024

India: Every year many talented players get a chance to play in Team India. Some of these players manage to make their place in the team. At the same time, there are many cricketers who are out of the Indian cricket team after one series, one tour or one year. After this, they are not able to come back in the Indian cricket team for years.

Disappointed by this, players either retire or go to represent the team of another country. However, some do not retire even after being dropped from the team. Today in this article we are going to talk about one such player who was dropped three years ago, yet has not retired yet.

This player was dropped from India 3 years ago

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Ishant Sharma, who has played around 200 international matches for India, has been out of Team India for the last three years.

He played his last international match on 25 November 2021. Ishant has not played white ball cricket since 2016.

Actually, the tall fast bowler's image was that of a test specialist cricketer. The selectors also dropped him from the red ball cricket team. However, this Delhi player's spirits are still not broken. He has not yet said goodbye to international cricket. Apart from this, he is sweating it out in franchise cricket and domestic cricket.

This is what the career of this player has been like

In the year 2007, a promising fast bowler made his debut for India.

Later, this player named Ishant Sharma became an important part of Team India. He has played more than 100 Test matches for his country.

Ishant has 311 wickets in his name in 105 Test matches. Apart from this, he has also represented his country in 80 ODIs and 14 T20 matches. He has 115 wickets in ODIs and 8 wickets in T20s.

Later, this player named Ishant Sharma became an important part of Team India. He has played more than 100 Test matches for his country.

Ishant has 311 wickets in his name in 105 Test matches. Apart from this, he has also represented his country in 80 ODIs and 14 T20 matches. He has 115 wickets in ODIs and 8 wickets in T20s.

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