Jason Gillespie ecstatic to see Ishant Sharma do well, lauds his attitude

Former Australian speedster Jason Gillespie was all praise for India's veteran Test pacer Ishant Sharma as latter grabbed a fifer in first Test against New Zealand. Ishant Sharma raced against time to recover from an injury that he h p[icked up during Ranji Trophy and h me it just in time to join Indian side just a day before game began. rise of Ishant Sharma as spearhe of Indian Test side's pace attack has been grual and phemenal at same time, with veteran picking up what he h missed earlier in order to improve his game in different areas, thus allowing him to become better with each passing game. 

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Jason Gillespie pins it down on Ishant Sharma's attitude

Jason Gillespie took to Twitter to laud Ishant Sharma. former Australian pacer hailed Ishant Sharma's attitude of wanting to constantly learn and improve his game. Jason Gillespie credited coaching staff and support staff for helping Ishant Sharma recover efficiently from injury and for him to be able to return to his rhythm without any hindrance. 

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'Anything for team' 

Speedster Ishant Sharma slept barely four hours in past two days but kept India in fight with three New Zealand wickets in first Test even as he struggled hard to deal with a "jet-lag". Three weeks back, veteran of 96 Tests was all but out of New Zealand series after suffering multiple ligament tears in his right ankle during a Ranji Trophy game but travelled for 24 hours and arrived here 72 hours before start of first Test. "I am t happy because I have t slept for two days and I was struggling a lot today (with my body). way I would have liked to bowl, it did t happen. y asked me to play and I played. Anything, for team," said India's senior-most player.

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"t that I wasn't happy with my bowling. I wasn't happy with my body as I could only sleep for 40 minutes last night and day before Test match, I slept for three hours," said Ishant, narrating his struggles with jet lag.

" more you can recover (from jet lag), better effort you can put in on ground. re's better recovery than sound sleep. sounder your sleep is, better your body will respond on ground," lanky fast bowler said.

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