Ishant Sharma takes a long pause before he utters a barely audible “I think”. After bowling close to 700 first-class overs and many more in net sessions last year, he needs rest and recovery. The world might have forgotten the ‘Faulkner over’ but Sharma, Pratima and Mahajan can’t. You just bowl, bowl, bowl … Gillespie told me, ‘you forget the last ball, go back to your mark, think about what you gonna bowl next. This was the new Ishant, the earlier one would be still ruing about the near miss off the previous ball.

Source: Indian Express January 20, 2019 18:33 UTC