Ishant Sharma, the out of favour fast bowler of Team India, is set to play in Duleep Trophy in order to get match practice. He was supposed to play a few county matches but it has been learnt that no favourable deal could be worked out.
“Yes, Ishant has reached Kanpur. He will be playing for the India Blue team led by Suresh Raina. He has been way short of match practice and high time he hits the straps. It was the national selectors, who instructed him to play this particular Duleep Trophy game,” a senior BCCI official told on conditions of anonymity.
The last Test match that he played was against Australia at Ranchi, last March and for six months he has not played any official match for India as he is not selected for shorter formats.
