Ishant Sharma Becomes 2nd Indian Pacer to Play 100 Tests

President Ram Nath Kovind presents Ishant Sharma with a memento. 
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Ishant and Jasprit Bumrah are the two pacers for India in the third Test against England which is a Pink Ball one in Ahmedabad in the Narendra Modi Stadium, previously known as the Sardar Patel Stadium. It is the largest cricket stadium in the world and can seat 1,10,000 people when at full capacity.

Sharma said an India pace bowler, reaching Kapil Dev’s record of 131 Tests is not on his mind yet and added that playing one format had made it easier to reach the 100-Test mark quickly.

“If you think of it in a positive way, then it gets easier and is better that I performed in one format. You are grateful. This (playing one format) is also why I am playing the 100th Test. But I don’t think that if I had played white ball cricket, I wouldn’t have played 100 Test matches. I am just 32. Maybe I wouldn’t have done it so quickly, I would have done it later,” he said in the build-up to the Test.

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