"Thakega Toh Nahi?"- Ishant Sharma Describes Their Conversation During The Lord's Match With MS Dhoni

One of only two pacers, Ishant Sharma, has participated in 100 Test matches for India. He has taken 311 wickets over that time and delivered many match-winning spells.

The six-foot-four-inch pacer, though, remembers one of them with particular fondness. Ishant led India to their first victory at Lord’s since 1986 in 2014, during the five-match Test series in England, with a match-winning performance of 7/74 in the second innings.

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Ishant Sharma Reveals His Exchange With MS Dhoni During Lord’s Test

The 34-year-old Ishant Sharma recently shared the interaction he had during the same with Indian skipper MS Dhoni.

“I have many favourite spells, especially the one I bowled at Lord’s,” Ishant Sharma told Cricbuzz. “When Moeen Ali got out before lunch, Mahi bhai came to me. Actually, I would tell you what happened before. We were heading towards the dressing room when Mahi bhai told me to keep it normal.

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If nothing works, then we’ll go back to bowling bouncers. I said fine. He asked me ‘Thakega toh nahi?’ (You won’t get tired?) I said I will bowl as long as you want me to. I will bowl till the match doesn’t get over. He too got charged up.”

Ishant Sharma further added, “Then we went inside the dressing room. Duncan, Mahi bhai and I were sitting and talking. Then Duncan and Mahi bhai he asked me ‘Will you bowl again?’ I said I bowl till the game. He again said ‘But no, you are human. You will get tired’. I insisted, no. If I get tired, carry me out on a stretcher.

I won’t walk back till the game doesn’t end. So hearing it he too felt how long can he bowl bouncers. Fine, his motivation and adrenaline are high right now. But how long can he go till? So I kept bowling. Well, it’s a different thing that I got injured.”

After the game, Dhoni was smitten with the winning player. “That last over before lunch, Ishant didn’t really want to bowl short, I was like, ‘you have to bowl it,’ I turned the other way round. He got his wicket and then it gave him the confidence to keep bowling short, keep attacking the batsman. I think it was a fantastic performance.”

India’s victory at Lord’s is regarded as one of their best in the longest format, despite the fact that they lost the series 3-1.

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