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Ishant Sharma Age, Career Stats, Records and IPL Salary

Ishant Sharma is an Indian right-arm fast-medium bowler from Delhi who was 37 on 11 August 2026. His international record contains 105 Tests and 311 Test wickets, including 7 for 74 in India's 2014 victory at Lord's. He also played 80 ODIs and 14 T20 internationals. Gujarat Titans retained him in their official IPL 2026 squad after acquiring him for INR 75 lakh before the 2025 season. The current official IPL profile lists 117 matches and 96 wickets through 2025. Those figures, his current franchise membership and his older international snapshot are kept separately so that one recent competition cannot overwrite the rest of his career.

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Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium bowlerBorn 2 September 1988

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Full nameIshant Sharma

Age37As of 11 August 2026

Date of birth2 September 1988Delhi, India

Batting styleRight-handed

Bowling styleRight-arm fast-medium

Career overview

Ishant Sharma cricket career

Ishant Sharma was born in Delhi on 2 September 1988 and was 37 on the checked date.

He made his Test debut against Bangladesh in Dhaka in May 2007 and eventually played 105 Tests.

His 311 Test wickets include 11 five-wicket innings and one ten-wicket match.

The 7 for 74 at Lord's in 2014 remains his best Test innings return and powered a 95-run India victory.

He became the second Indian fast bowler after Kapil Dev to play 100 Tests.

Gujarat Titans list him in their 2026 IPL squad after his INR 75 lakh acquisition for the 2025 season.

Career story

Ishant Sharma career and playing journey

Who is Ishant Sharma?

Ishant Sharma is a Delhi-born Indian fast bowler whose senior career stretches from a teenage international debut in 2007 to a place in Gujarat Titans' IPL 2026 squad. At 193 centimetres, according to the Delhi Capitals profile, he built his attack around steep bounce, seam movement and the angle created by a high release. He bats right-handed but is correctly classified as a bowler: his value has overwhelmingly come from long spells, new-ball pressure and wickets rather than lower-order scoring.

Kolkata Knight Riders, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rising Pune Supergiant, Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans are memberships in the same career, not reasons to create separate pages. The international, domestic and IPL tables also have different cutoff dates. Keeping those boundaries visible prevents a current franchise total from being mistaken for his India record or a historic auction amount from being presented as current salary.

Ishant Sharma age, height and bowling style

Ishant was born on 2 September 1988 in Delhi and was 37 on 11 August 2026. His official IPL and former Delhi Capitals pages both use that birth date. The Delhi Capitals profile lists him at 193 centimetres, the physical feature behind the nickname often associated with him. Height alone did not produce 311 Test wickets, but it helped him hit a length from which the ball could climb more sharply than a batter expected.

He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Early in his career the attention was often on speed, including the hostile spell to Ricky Ponting during India's 2007-08 tour of Australia. His later success relied more on repeatable control, fuller lengths, seam position and the ability to bring a right-handed batter into play from around the wicket. That evolution matters because the raw career totals cover several distinct versions of the same bowler rather than one unchanging method.

Delhi pathway and Test debut in 2007

Ishant progressed through Delhi cricket and made his first-class debut as a teenager. India called him into the Test side during the 2007 tour of Bangladesh, and he debuted in Dhaka in May. The ICC's later milestone coverage records 2007 as the start of a Test career that would last beyond 100 appearances. A debut created the opportunity; it did not immediately make him the finished leader of India's pace attack.

His early Pakistan series contained a five-wicket return, while the following tour of Australia brought wider recognition. The defining image from Perth was a demanding spell to Ricky Ponting in a match India won. It showed how bounce and movement could trouble an elite batter on a hard surface. The episode belongs in his development story, but it should not obscure the less glamorous work required to remain selectable through changes of captain, coach, conditions and supporting attack.

Perth breakthrough and the 2008 Australia series

The Perth Test in January 2008 was Ishant's international breakthrough. Bowling from his tall frame, he repeatedly drew Ricky Ponting into uncertain responses outside off stump before dismissing him. India won at a ground whose pace and bounce were expected to favour Australia. The spell became a durable part of Ishant's reputation because it paired visible speed with tactical persistence against one of the era's strongest batters.

Later in 2008, Australia toured India and Ishant took 15 wickets in the four-Test series, earning the player-of-the-series award. Reverse swing and sustained pressure were as important as headline pace. Those performances explain why the inaugural IPL market valued him highly and why India continued to invest in him when later seasons became more difficult. Career assessment should include the peaks and the periods in which he had to rebuild his action and confidence.

One hundred Test wickets in the Caribbean

Ishant reached 100 Test wickets against West Indies at Kensington Oval on 1 July 2011. The ICC records that Darren Sammy was the milestone wicket and that Ishant was 22 years and 301 days old. He achieved it in his 33rd Test, becoming the third-youngest Indian at the time to reach the mark behind Kapil Dev and Harbhajan Singh. The milestone supplies a precise measure of how much responsibility he had already carried before turning 23.

That Caribbean tour also produced 6 for 55 in Bridgetown, one of the overseas spells highlighted by the ICC when he later reached 100 Tests. Conditions outside India form a major part of his record. Pace bowlers are expected to exploit seam-friendly surfaces, but doing so across long spells still requires fitness and accuracy. Ishant's career was not uniformly dominant abroad; the significance is that several of his best returns came while India were trying to improve their overseas Test results.

The Lord's 7 for 74 record

Ishant's best Test innings figures are 7 for 74 against England at Lord's on 21 July 2014. The ICC match report describes a hostile short-ball spell that changed the final day after England had reached 173 for 4. England were dismissed for 223 and India won by 95 runs. The performance was not merely a statistical personal best: it directly decided a Test at a venue where India had rarely won.

The tactical detail is important. Captain MS Dhoni and Ishant persisted with short-pitched bowling, inviting hooks and pulls into a planned field. A bouncer is not automatically attacking, and repeating one without control can leak runs. At Lord's, the length, direction and catchers worked together. The 7 for 74 therefore illustrates match planning and execution, not just physical speed. It remains his clearest single-innings achievement and anchors any responsible summary of his career.

Overseas improvement after 2017

The later phase of Ishant's Test career brought a more efficient method. ICC's 100-Test assessment noted that his bowling average since the start of 2018 was below 20 at that time. Rather than chasing movement from every delivery, he used a fuller length and a more consistent channel. The change made him an effective partner for Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and other members of India's deeper fast-bowling group.

His value in that period was spread across tours rather than one isolated game. A five-wicket innings at Edgbaston in 2018 kept India in a close Test, and his broader work contributed to India's first Test-series win in Australia in 2018-19. Team achievements should not be converted into individual credit without match evidence, but the repeated overseas selection shows that captains trusted his control, experience and ability to hold an end while another quick attacked.

First Test fifty and an unusual batting contribution

Ishant's international batting record is modest, but his 57 against West Indies at Kingston in August 2019 was a genuine match contribution. The ICC report records a 112-run eighth-wicket partnership with Hanuma Vihari, whose 111 helped India reach 416. Ishant's 80-ball innings was his first Test fifty and remains his highest international score. It should be celebrated without reclassifying him as an all-rounder.

The difference between a memorable innings and a sustained batting role is visible in the aggregate. His Wikipedia table, dated 25 March 2025, lists 785 Test runs at 8.26 with one fifty in 105 matches. That one innings added resilience at a useful moment, but the long-term numbers still define a specialist bowler. Keeping the distinction clear is important for team filters, schema and comparisons with genuine bowling all-rounders.

Three hundred wickets and the 100-Test club

Ishant passed 300 Test wickets against England in Chennai in February 2021, then played his 100th Test in Ahmedabad later that month. ICC identified him as only the second Indian fast bowler after Kapil Dev to reach 100 Tests. Longevity at that level is especially demanding for a pace bowler because every appearance adds landing impact, recovery work and the risk of injury alongside the visible overs.

His final checked Test aggregate is 105 matches and 311 wickets at 32.40, with 11 five-wicket innings and one ten-wicket match. The best innings return is 7 for 74; the first-class table carries a different best of 7 for 24. These figures must not be mixed. A 300-wicket milestone describes scale, while the average and strike patterns describe efficiency. Both are needed for a balanced statistical reading.

ODI and T20 international record

Ishant played 80 one-day internationals and took 115 wickets at 30.98, with best figures of 4 for 34. One of the clearest ODI highlights was the 2013 Champions Trophy final, when he removed Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara in successive balls during India's successful defence of a reduced total. India won the tournament, but his entire ODI career should not be reduced to those two deliveries; the aggregate covers several cycles and changing roles.

His T20 international career was shorter: 14 matches and eight wickets, with best figures of 2 for 34. The difference between his Test impact and limited-overs returns helps explain why he became identified primarily with the longest format. It does not mean he lacked a T20 career. He played in the IPL from its inaugural season and adapted repeatedly, but international T20 selection moved toward bowlers with different powerplay and death-over profiles.

Ishant Sharma IPL teams and 5 for 12

Ishant entered the IPL with Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008 and later represented Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rising Pune Supergiant, Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans. The official IPL statistics page lists 117 matches and 96 wickets through 2025. These teams belong on one profile and one career table. A franchise change updates the current-team strip and internal links but must never reset appearances or create a duplicate identity.

His IPL-best 5 for 12 came for Deccan Chargers against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011. An official IPL statistical article lists it among the best figures by an Indian bowler in the competition. That spell remains relevant even though the franchises involved no longer have current squads. Historical records should preserve the team names used at the time while the current profile accurately points visitors to Gujarat Titans.

Delhi Capitals return and late-career pace

Delhi Capitals brought Ishant back into regular IPL action in 2023 after he had not played a match in 2022. He took ten wickets in eight matches in 2023 and ten in nine matches in 2024 according to the team's season table. Those returns showed that his late-career value was not solely ceremonial. He could still use the new ball, hit a hard length and provide experienced overs against top-order batters.

The Delhi profile also documents the less productive seasons, including one wicket in 2021 and no appearance in 2022. A biography becomes more trustworthy when it does not erase interruptions. Injuries, auction outcomes and team combinations influenced his opportunity. The return to double-digit wickets in consecutive seasons is therefore best understood as a comeback within the IPL rather than proof that every part of his earlier international peak had returned.

Gujarat Titans contract and IPL 2026 status

Gujarat Titans acquired Ishant for INR 75 lakh before IPL 2025, and the official IPL player page repeats that amount. Their 2026 squad directory continues to list him as a bowler. That INR 75 lakh figure is the defensible franchise price associated with the move; it should not be presented as his lifetime earnings, take-home salary or a complete measure of compensation from endorsements and domestic cricket.

The current IPL profile records seven matches and four wickets in 2025, and its career aggregate stands at 117 matches and 96 wickets. The checked page does not publish a completed 2026 season line, so This profile does not invent one. His 2026 status is a confirmed squad membership. Match appearances and figures should update only from official scorecards or a licensed data connection when those events occur.

Ishant Sharma salary, net worth and endorsements

The reliable current financial fact on the checked sources is the INR 75 lakh IPL acquisition attached to Gujarat Titans. Older auction prices belong to earlier seasons and do not establish current annual income. Public match fees, sponsorships, taxes, investments and private business arrangements would all affect any real earnings calculation. Combining them without audited records would create a misleading number rather than a useful biography.

No audited public filing reviewed for this profile establishes Ishant Sharma's net worth. Entertainment sites often publish estimates, but repetition does not turn an estimate into evidence. This profile therefore reports the verifiable IPL amount and labels the boundary. This treatment answers the salary question while avoiding a fabricated wealth claim, and it can be updated if the IPL, a team or the player later releases a better documented figure.

Family, marriage and privacy

Ishant Sharma is married to former India basketball player Pratima Singh. That relationship has been publicly documented, but this page does not extend into unverified family finances, private addresses or rumours. A player's public sporting record does not remove the need for proportional privacy. Biographical details are included when they are widely and reliably established and relevant to the reader's likely query.

There is no basis for a girlfriend section because the public record identifies his marriage. Search-oriented content should not manufacture a relationship angle simply because similar celebrity pages use one. The useful answer is concise: he is married to Pratima Singh, and no further private claim is needed for understanding his cricket career. Future updates should follow direct public disclosure or dependable reporting rather than social-media speculation.

Arjuna Award and recognition

The Government of India conferred the Arjuna Award on Ishant in 2020. BCCI's announcement placed him alongside Deepti Sharma among that year's cricket recipients and recorded his then international statistics. The award is a national sporting honour, not a fan-voted label. It belongs among his career achievements alongside the 100-Test and 300-wicket milestones because each is supported by a first-party or governing-body record.

Awards and milestones describe different things. The Arjuna Award recognises sustained contribution; the Lord's 7 for 74 records one match-defining performance; 311 Test wickets measure career volume; and 100 Tests measure longevity. Listing them separately avoids turning the achievements section into a pile of repeated superlatives. It also gives readers a clear route back to the source that establishes each claim.

How to read Ishant Sharma's statistics

BCCI and ICC milestone records are used to cross-check the major Test totals. The IPL line comes from the official competition and runs through 2025. Because the sources have different cutoffs, they are labelled rather than blended into one artificial live total. A later match can change an active competition record without changing a completed international cutoff.

Fields not published by the named table are omitted from display instead of filled with dashes or guesses. That is particularly important for innings counts, strike rates and split fielding numbers that some infoboxes do not provide. The absence of a row does not imply zero. It means the checked source did not supply that value in a structured form. Official current sources take priority whenever they conflict with Wikipedia's secondary snapshot.

Current playing status

His last listed Test remains in 2021, so the profile does not call him a current India international or predict a recall. It also does not declare a retirement that has not been established by the checked governing-body sources. Current squad status and international selection status are separate facts.

Team pages, scorecards and result pages can point to the same identity. Updates should change the dated statistics snapshot, membership list and source note while preserving historical teams and milestones. That model prevents duplicate profiles and makes corrections traceable rather than silently rewriting the player's past.

Ishant Sharma records

Ishant Sharma career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

Tests (Wikipedia table dated 25 March 2025)105matches

Batting

Runs: 785
High score: 57
Average: 8.26
100s / 50s: 0 / 1

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 311
Best bowling: 7/74
Average: 32.40
Balls: 19,160
Catches / stumpings: 23 catches; stumpings not applicable
5w / 10w: 11 / 1

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

ODIs (Wikipedia table dated 25 March 2025)80matches

Batting

Runs: 72
High score: 13
Average: 4.80
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 115
Best bowling: 4/34
Average: 30.98
Balls: 3,733
Catches / stumpings: 19 catches; stumpings not applicable
5w / 10w: 0 five-wicket hauls

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

T20Is (Wikipedia table dated 25 March 2025)14matches

Batting

Runs: 8
High score: 5 not out
Average: 8.00
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 8
Best bowling: 2/34
Average: 50.00
Balls: 278
Catches / stumpings: 4 catches; stumpings not applicable
5w / 10w: 0 five-wicket hauls

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

IPL through 2025 (official IPL profile)117matches

Batting

Runs: 57

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 96
Best bowling: 5/12
Average: 35.18
Economy: 8.38
Strike rate: 25.20
Balls: 2,419

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

Career chronology

Debut and last listed match

Test cricket

Debut

Bangladesh v India, Dhaka, 25 May 2007

Last listed match

India v New Zealand, Kanpur, November 2021

One-day internationals

Debut

South Africa v India, Belfast, 29 June 2007

Last listed match

Australia v India, Sydney, 23 January 2016

T20 internationals

Debut

Australia v India, Melbourne, 1 February 2008

Last listed match

India v Australia, Rajkot, 10 October 2013

Indian Premier League

Debut

Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore, 18 April 2008

Last listed match

Latest completed season in the checked official profile: IPL 2025

Career achievements

Career achievements and milestones

Played 105 Tests for India and took 311 wickets.
Became the second Indian fast bowler after Kapil Dev to play 100 Tests.
Reached 300 Test wickets against England in February 2021.
Took a career-best 7 for 74 in India's 95-run victory at Lord's in 2014.
Reached 100 Test wickets at the age of 22 years and 301 days.
Scored a Test-best 57 and shared a 112-run eighth-wicket stand with Hanuma Vihari in 2019.
Won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy with India.
Received India's Arjuna Award in 2020.
Recorded IPL-best figures of 5 for 12 for Deccan Chargers in 2011.
Retained in the Gujarat Titans official squad for IPL 2026.

Reader questions

Ishant Sharma FAQ

How old is Ishant Sharma?

Ishant Sharma was born on 2 September 1988 and was 37 on 11 August 2026.

How many Test wickets did Ishant Sharma take?

The checked career table lists 311 wickets from 105 Tests, with best innings figures of 7 for 74.

What is Ishant Sharma's best bowling performance?

His best Test innings figures are 7 for 74 against England at Lord's in 2014. His IPL best is 5 for 12 for Deccan Chargers in 2011.

Which IPL team does Ishant Sharma play for in 2026?

Gujarat Titans list Ishant Sharma as a bowler in their official IPL 2026 squad.

What is Ishant Sharma's IPL contract value?

The Gujarat Titans acquisition figure is INR 75 lakh. This is an IPL contract amount, not an audited estimate of his total earnings or net worth.

Is Ishant Sharma married?

Yes. Ishant Sharma is married to former India basketball player Pratima Singh.

Conclusion

Ishant Sharma's published record is defined by longevity and several decisive overseas spells: 105 Tests, 311 wickets, a 100-Test milestone reached by only one earlier Indian fast bowler, and 7 for 74 in a Lord's victory. His current cricket status is narrower but still active in the catalog, with Gujarat Titans listing him for IPL 2026.