Former India cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar has a sarcastic wish for his former teammate, Ishant Sharma, who is celebrating his 30th birthday, on Sunday (September 30th).
Meanwhile, Ishant Sharma is currently in England leading the Indian pace battery against England at Southampton. So far, he had an outstanding series with the highest number of wickets among Indian bowlers.
Now, India will look to win the ongoing Southampton Test to level the five-match Test series. England is 233 runs ahead with two wickets still in hand. Jos Buttler continued his excellent form along with Sam Curran, who has been the find of this season. Mohammed Shami proved to be the golden boy for Virat Kohli & Co making the ball talk. He removed Adil Rashid in the last over, as the umpires called it a day.
However, the bowlers have put in a brilliant show to restrict a star-studded English batting. So far, Ishant Sharma has bagged four wickets in this Test match and has been critical with the new ball. He along with his fellow seamer will look put curtain on England innings as early as possible.
Sachin Tendulkar wishes Ishant Sharma
Tendulkar, who was Ishant’s teammate in the Indian team had a funny take on the Delhi-born cricketer’s 30th birthday. The legendary batsman also drew a comparison with coconut while wishing the tall and lanky pacer.
“@ImIshant! पेड़ से नारियल निकालते निकालते, लंबू बन गया! Only fitting that your birthday is celebrated on #WorldCoconutDay. Have a great one,” the post read.
.@ImIshant! पेड़ से नारियल निकालते निकालते, लंबू बन गया! Only fitting that your birthday is celebrated on #WorldCoconutDay.? ? Have a great one. pic.twitter.com/5Ig6bHsC5h
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 2, 2018
Ishant Sharma has represented India across all the formats with 376 wickets. However, he has been a regular feature only in Test format and recently bagged his 250th Test wicket. India will want some more magical effort from this talismanic fast bowler in the games to come.