IPL 2023 Auction: Senior pacer Ishant Sharma didn’t bowl a single over in the second innings due to an “unspecified injury” as Delhi, with severely depleted bowling resources, crashed to a nine-wicket defeat against Maharashtra in a Ranji Trophy group B match on Friday. To note, the right-arm pacer has slotted himself to INR 75 lakhs base price in the IPL auction. With injuries grappling Ishant, the veteran might not be available for the upcoming season. Follow IPL 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
IPL 2023 Auction: Ishant Sharma’s IPL hopes in jeopardy, injury prone India pacer pulls out of Ranji Trophy squad- Check details
Ishant bowled 20 overs in the first innings and didn’t turn up for the second innings as Maharashtra batters Pavan Shah (87 not out) and Kaushal Tambe (64 not out) easily chased down the target of 178 in little under 46 overs.
Ishant Sharma has left the Delhi squad and is coming back to Delhi for rehab.
A call on a storied career could be taken soon after @IPL auction.
Even if he gets a team, there will be very little motivation to play long format or else… @delhi_cricket looking for young fit pacers— Arani Basu (@AraniBasuTOI) December 16, 2022
Ishant went unsold in IPL 2022 Auction
Last time out, Ishant Sharma was another big name who went unsold in the 2022 auctions. The right-arm medium-fast pacer has been out of action in the past few seasons of IPL. In the 2021 season, he was part of the Delhi Capitals franchise and got only 3 matches. He ended up conceding 97 runs at an economy of 8.08 and took just one wicket.
He didn’t get further matches and was subsequently released by the Delhi management. In 2022, he went unsold. Though his name is on the list of 405 players up for the auctions, the 34-year-old cricketer can go unsold.
IPL 2023 Auction: Ishant Sharma’s IPL hopes in jeopardy, injury prone India pacer pulls out of Ranji Trophy squad- Check details
DC to target Cameron Green in the auction? Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting recently hinted that the Capitals franchise have saved a large chunk of money to bid for Cameron Green. Green made a name for himself in the shortest format. He opened for Australia against India and smashed 61 off 30 balls in Mohali. He repeated that feat with 52 of 21 in Hyderabad to attract IPL franchises’ attention. With Rs 19.45 Cr in the purse, DC will go all in for Green.
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