“MS Dhoni Came To My Room And Said…”: Veteran Pacer Recalls ‘Lowest Moment’ Of His Career | Cricket News

At the height of his powers, Ishant Sharma might win matches on his personal. Over the years, Ishant has accomplished wonders within the groups he has performed. But, because the skilled profession of a cricketer goes, Ishant has additionally had his justifiable share of ups and downs. Sharing the story of 1 such incident, Ishant recalled how he dealt with the ‘lowest second of his profession’ in 2013. It was the likes of MS Dhoni and Shikhar Dhawan who helped the lanky pacer recuperate from that ‘absolute low’.

“My lowest moment was that 2013 match in Mohali against Australia. I don’t know if I could ever have a moment worse than that because I was…I don’t know. It was very tough for me. And it wasn’t because I gave away a lot of runs. The thing that hurt me the most was I was the reason behind the team’s loss. I was dating my wife at that time and I just spoke to her and I think I just cried for almost a month. I used to call her every day and cry over the phone saying that team lost because of me,” he stated on Cricbuzz’s ‘Rise of New India’ present.

Ishant revealed how Dhoni and Dhawan got here to his room and gave him phrases of encouragement. But, the pacer additionally conceded the match gave everybody the notion that he is not white-ball bowler.

“The good thing that happened was Mahi bhai (MS Dhoni) came to my room and Shikhar (Dhawan), who was playing that game, also came and said, ‘Look you have been doing well (Dekh, tu acha khel raha hai).’ Because of that one match there became a perception that I am not a white-ball bowler,” he added.

Ishant final performed for India in 2016 and has since been not thought-about for choice in any of the three codecs.

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