Veteran Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma had a memorable outing in the ongoi♛ng clash between Delhi Capital📖s (DC) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Ishant made his comeback in the cash-rich league after 717 days and made his presence felt with an outstanding spell of bowling. The lanky pacer came into the side for the first time since 2021 when he played three matches for the Capitals. He last played regularly in the 2019 season, bagging 13 wickets in 13 matches for ꦺDC.
In his comeback game, the right-arm pacer returned with impressive figures, leading DC’s bowling attack from the front. The Delhi-lad picked up two wickets in the game, including the prized scalp of KKR skipper Nitish Rana. Ishant conceded 💝19 runs in his quota of ♛4 overs. He was replaced by Prithvi Shaw as an impact player.
Earlier, the game was delayed for an hour due to rain, and when the two captains conducted the toss, DC skipper David Warner won it and opted to bowl first. The decision went🍌 completely in the home team’s favour as the Knight Rideᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrs’ batting attack was completely destroyed by DC bowlers.
Here is how fans reacted:
Reminder.
Most Test wickets by an Indian in an overseas country:
51 Kapil Dev in Australia
51 Ishant Sharma in EnglandNo other Indian has 50.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42)
A dream return for Ishant Sharma.
Lost the spot in the Indian team, last played IPL in 2021, returnไing to the side when Delhi lost 4 consecutive matches 𝓀and he just went for 19 runs by taking 2 wickets from 4 overs.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Isha♍nt Sharma gets a wicket in the IPL after making a return in 717 days.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Great to watch Ishant Sharma in action tonight. What a career he's had for India. Can still hit the same test match length over and over again. Still cloaking at more than 140 kph as well. Such a champion bowler.
— Rahul Sharma (@CricFnatic)
What a sp🦩ell by Ishant Sharma. He is playing IPL after 2 years and he bowled a fantastic spell against KKR. His bowling figure (4-0ജ-19-2) including the wickets of Rana & Narine.
Welcome back, Ishant Sharma. Outstanding spell!
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh)
Ishant Sharma bowling at 144 ks with good line and length, Vintage.
Ponting knows it.— Harry Notter (@uditryan)
Reminder.
Most Test wickets by an Indian in an overseas country:
51 Kapil Dev in Australia
51 Ishant Sharma in EnglandNo other Indian has 50.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42)
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Ishant Sharma needs to play all matches for Delhi Capitals from 🌞now on 👏🏽👌🏽
— SHASHANK (@shawsh_tweets)
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Woah! Ishant Sharma bowling at some decent pa💮ce 🔥
— Harsh Raj (@harsh_rajs)
Ishant Sharma back in action 🔥
— Utsav 💔 (@utsav__45)
Ishant Sharma back in action 🔥
— Utsav 💔 (@utsav__45)
Ishant Sharma 🐐
— . (@karthik_jammy_)
Rahane getting shouts for WTC final on basis of IPL performance then why not Ishant Sha🌠rma?
— Pushkar (@musafir_hu_yar)
What a comeback spell from Ishant Sharma 👏
— Akash Sharma (@uncutnazaare)
This IPL is already interesting for some great comeback such as Rahane, Mohit, Piyush, Markande & now Ishant Sharma, 2/19 (4).
Happy to see them back.— Masum (@masum_twt)
