Watch: Felicitation by President, Home Minister mark Ishant Sharma’s a hundredth Test

India’s veteran quick bowler Ishant Sharma was on Wednesday accorded a guard of honour by his teammates after being felicitated by President Ram Nath Kovind and Home Minister Amit Shah forward of his landmark a hundredth Test match.
The 32-year-old Ishant is just the second Indian quick bowler after former captain Kapil Dev to play 100 Test matches.
Before the beginning of the day-night third Test towards England, the pacer acquired a memento from President Kovind whereas Shah handed him a commemorative a hundredth Test cap on the Narendra Modi Stadium right here.
As he made his manner into the bottom after England opted to bat, captain Virat Kohli’s males lined as much as honour his longevity and repair to Indian cricket.
“@ImIshant was felicitated by the Honourable President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind & Honourable Home Minister of India Shri Amit Shah before the start of play here in Ahmedabad,” the BCCI tweeted.

.@ImIshant was felicitated by the Honourable President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind & Honourable Home Minister of India Shri Amit Shah earlier than the beginning of play right here in Ahmedabad.@rashtrapatibhvn @AmitShah pic.twitter.com/7elMWDa9ye
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 24, 2021
Besides the President and residential minister, additionally current throughout the inauguration of the world’s largest cricket stadium had been sports activities minister Kiren Rijiju and BCCI secretary Jay Shah.
In his landmark sport, Ishant supplied the house crew an ideal begin as he eliminated Dominic Sibley within the third over.
Though he has had many memorable moments in his profession to date that has almost spanned a decade and a half, Ishant struggled to call one whereas talking to reporters forward of the sport.
“If your career is 14 years long and you are still playing, you cannot name just one highlight. It is difficult to pinpoint just one highlight, every sportsperson has the graph going up and down,” Ishant stated.

What a technique to begin your 1⃣0⃣0⃣th Test! 👏👏@ImIshant strikes early for #StaffIndia as England lose Dominic Sibley. 👍👍
A pointy catch from @ImRo45! 👌👌@Paytm #INDvENG #PinkBallTest
Follow the match 👉 https://t.co/9HjQB6TZyX pic.twitter.com/XiG0cjQBOC
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 24, 2021
During the primary Test towards England earlier this month in Chennai, Ishant turned the sixth Indian and third pacer from the nation to take 300 wickets in Test cricket, becoming a member of legendary former captains Kapil and Anil Kumble.
Ishant, who has 11 five-wicket hauls and picked up 10 wickets in a match as soon as, made his Test debut again in 2007 towards Bangladesh.
Prior to the beginning of the match, Ishant was hailed by the likes of Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Ashish Nehra.