IND vs SA LIVE: Shaun Pollock- Ishant Sharma – South Africa legend Shaun Pollock was quite vocal about 100+ Test veteran Ishant Sharma. He asked the Team India management to fair and give him the exact reason why he has been ignored for the entire series. The 33-year-old did not feature in a single Test in South Africa with Mohammed Siraj & Umesh Yadav taking the place of the third seamer. Follow India vs South Africa LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
IND vs SA LIVE: Shaun Pollock unhappy with Ishant Sharma’s treatment, urges team India to ‘show the senior players some respect’
“I think the communication needs to be good. The guy needs to be respected for what he has done,” Pollock told Cricbuzz.
“You need to be honest with him and you need to give him the exact reason. If the reason was ‘we think you would be better suited if there were no left-handers,’ he just has to accept that,” he added.
Pollock went to say that it’s tough for Ishant to sit in the dressing room throughout the series considering the nature of pitches in SA.
“It’s not easy, when you have played that much amount of cricket and have given some really good service. The conditions are good in South Africa and he must be dying for an opportunity, particularly after those two pitches. He must be thinking, ‘Gosh if I could just have a game here, I’m sure I could make an impact’,” said Pollock.
“I hope the communication with him has been good because he deserves that and then he has to assess where he is at.”
- Ishant Sharma’s axe comes after his wicketless spells in Kapur Test against New Zealand. He had missed the second in Mumbai due to injury while completely ignored for Test matches against the Proteas.
- Ishant has managed just 8 wickets in the last 5 Test matches. He was also dismal during the England tour where he managed 1 wicket in three Test matches.
- At home, he had also managed just 6 wickets against England in four Test matches. The decline in numbers suggests that it’s the end of the road for the Test veteran with the inability to provide breakthroughs when required.
- Ishant Sharma has the least wickets in 2021 in 8 matches as compared to Mohd Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Shami & Shardul Thakur.
Indian pacers in 2021:
- Mohammed Siraj: 36 wickets in 12 matches @ 29.97 avg
- Jasprit Bumrah: 30 wickets in 9 matches @ 26.53
- Mohammed Shami: 23 wickets in 5 matches @ 22.48
- Shardul Thakur: 16 wickets in 4 matches @ 23.19
- Ishant Sharma: 14 wickets in 8 matches @ 32.71
IND vs SA LIVE: Shaun Pollock unhappy with Ishant Sharma’s treatment, urges team India to ‘show the senior players some respect’
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