England v India, 5th Test, The Oval, 1st day

Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami reap the rewards of their persistence

Sep 7, 2018: They kept beating the bat, had two catches dropped off them, and were wicketless at tea, but Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami simply refused to let up with their discipline and intensity

For the first time, India have a well-rounded pace attack

Sep 7, 2018: For the first time in their history, India have four bowlers of high ability, making for a formidable quick-bowling unit

England v India, 4th Test, Southampton, 1st day

Crude and shrewd, the Indian pace evolution

Aug 30, 2018: India have produced fast bowlers who are good and those who are great, but never before have they produced an entire line-up that has the makings of being fearsome

England v India, 4th Test, Southampton

Ishant and the fast men - India's heartbeat

Aug 28, 2018: The seamers have adapted quickly to English pitches, contributing 38 out of the 46 wickets claimed

How Ishant got his mojo working

Aug 25, 2018: The work he has put in on his wrist position and length has begun to pay off

England v India, 3rd Test, Trent Bridge

Hardik Pandya shows he's a quick learner as ball does the talking

Aug 19, 2018: India had recovered from a poor start with the ball by the time Hardik Pandya was brought on, but it remained a key period of the Test. It quickly went their way

England v India, 1st Test, Edgbaston

Ishant Sharma sanctioned for Dawid Malan send-off

Aug 4, 2018: The India fast bowler has been handed one demerit point and fined 15% of his match fee

England v India, 1st Test, Edgbaston, 3rd day

Ishant Sharma, India's slim Atlas

Aug 3, 2018: Ishant Sharma has spent a decade being under-estimated. But after a summer with Sussex he needed a solitary over to prove his value

England v India, 1st Test, Edgbaston

Kohli stands firm with Test on knife-edge

Aug 3, 2018: Virat Kohli stood between England and victory for long enough to give his side a dead even chance going into what should be the final day of an absorbing Test

'Ishant needs to work on his length, Umesh on his line, and Shami on his fitness'

Jul 29, 2018: Ashish Nehra analyses India's fast bowling attack ahead of the Test series in England

Essex v India, tour match, Chelmsford, 2nd day

Pepper, Westley make India's bowlers toil

Jul 26, 2018: Half-centuries from the duo lead Essex's reply to India's 395, even as Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma stood out with two wickets each on a blistering day in Chelmsford

County Championship 2018-19

First-class fifties this season: Ishant 1, Pujara 0

Jun 6, 2018: A look at how the India internationals fared in England's county circuit this summer

Leicestershire v Sussex, Grace Road, 2nd day

Allrounder Ishant and Burgess' ton propel Sussex

Apr 21, 2018: Michael Burgess made a century against his former club and Ishant Sharma was able to raise his bat for the first time in his career

Warwickshire v Sussex, Specsavers Championship, 4th day, Edgbaston

Wiese turns on the power as Stone drops another hint of his potential

Apr 16, 2018:

County news

Ishant to join Sussex for first two months of county season

Feb 15, 2018: The India seamer, who became available when he went unsold in the IPL auction, should be available for five County Championship fixtures and eight Royal London One-Day Cup matches

South Africa v India, 3rd Test, Johannesburg, 4th day

Ishant Sharma, India's lifeline

Jan 27, 2018: He is rarely bowling any bad balls and because of the pressure he created at one end in Johannesburg, South Africa were always on the hook

South Africa v India, 3rd Test, Johannesburg, 4th day

India end series with triumph on extremely tough pitch

Jan 27, 2018: India couldn't dismiss Dean Elgar at all, but found a way around him to complete their third Test win in South Africa

South Africa v India, 2nd Test, Centurion, 2nd day

I have to take responsibility as the senior fast bowler - Ishant

Jan 14, 2018: Having gathered a reputation for being India's difficult-pitch bowler, the Ishant Sharma said he was "always up" for the challenge of doing the dirty work of bowling long spells

India in South Africa 2017-18

Benched quartet keep themselves in contention

Jan 9, 2018: A day after India's defeat at Newlands, the four players who had sat out the Test match - KL Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane, Parthiv Patel and Ishant Sharma - went to the nets for an intense training session

India in South Africa 2017-18

Same old attack, all-new challenge

Jan 1, 2018: India have the same set of bowlers that toured South Africa in 2013-14. They have become fitter after the home stretch, but are they equipped to handle pressure of doing everything in tough conditions?