Indian cricket was never known for producing good pacers, however still we were lucky that we got some really good pacers such as Kapil Dev, Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Zaheer Khan, etc. Fortunately things have changed after MRF Pace Academy came into existence and since then, we have got Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, etc.
Ishant Sharma is also one of the best Indian pacers who have represented the country at the international level and recently during an interview, Ishant made a statement which got mixed reactions. The statement was regarding former Indian pacer Zaheer Khan and English pacer Jimmy Anderson, while the former played for India from 2000 till 2014, the latter made his debut in 2002 and is still a part of the English cricket team.
immy Anderson is the first pacer to cross the 600 wickets mark in the test cricket but in Ishant Sharma’s opinion, Zaheer Khan is a better bowler than James Anderson because the former played maximum cricket on the Indian pitches which are more suitable for spinners. On the other hand, James Anderson played maximum cricket on the English soil which is conducive to pacers.
This statement by Ishant Sharma got mixed reaction by netizens, here are some selected ones:
What is your take in this regard? Do let us know.
