MUMBAI:
Ishant Sharma has never played in the
World Cup
, but the pacer can at least feel happy about the fact that he's in the reserves for the Indian team for the quadrennial showpiece starting in England and Wales from May 30.
Along with
Rishabh Pant,
Ambati Rayudu and
Navdeep Saini, Ishant is among the four standbys for the World Cup, which begins in England on May 30.
WORLD CUP SCHEDULE"Saini is our No 1 choice as a reserve seamer, while Ishant is the second option. He has experience of bowling in the English conditions, and he's bowling well currently," a source in the Board told TOI on Monday.
In IPL 12, Ishant has taken 10 wickets in 10 games@29.10 at a decent economy rate of 7.65 for the
Delhi Capitals
.
While he's taken 115 wickets in 80 ODIs, the tall fast bowler's performance in Test cricket in the past couple of years has been impressive.