Ishant Sharma seen that Zaheer Khan lent him a couple of trainers previous to his ODI debut.© AFP
Veteran pacer Ishant Sharma has seen that former Republic of India rapid bowler Zaheer Khan lent him a couple of trainers previous to his ODI debut in opposition to South Africa in 2007. With a bunch of first-team stars lacking from the excursion because of accidents, Republic of India had summoned the later 19-year-old Ishant for the three-match line in opposition to the Proteas in Belfast, Northern Eire. Ishant, who had performed only one Take a look at previous to his ODI debut, realised his equipment bag used to be lacking as soon as he landed in Eire.
All the way through a up to date interplay, Ishant seen that he used to be extra fearful concerning the touring, in lieu than the competition.
“I was more nervous about the whole travel bit than about a match. Somehow, I made it to Ireland, jet-lagged, only to realise that my kit bag was missing. I knew that stuff gets stolen on the train but I had no idea this could happen on a flight,” Ishant said on ‘Home of Heroes’ on JioCinema.
Ishant additional seen that since he couldn’t play games barefoot, he needed to borrow a couple of trainers from Zaheer.
“Rahul Dravid told me that I have to debut the next day and I responded, ‘But I can’t play barefoot!’ I didn’t even practice. I asked Zak (Zaheer Khan) for a pair of size 11 shoes so I could play the match. He gave me some shoes, but my toe kept hurting, but I didn’t care,” he added.
Ishant made his debut in the second one competition of the line, however went wicketless and conceded 38 runs in seven overs.
Republic of India went directly to win the sport, and next clinched the line through successful the line decider.
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