5 Players who ensured India’s historic series win over Sri Lanka

2. Ishant Sharma:

Ishant Sharma proved that Indian pacers can also pick crucial wickets and can handicap the opposition if have suitable conditions to bowl with. In the first Test match of the series he picked 1 wicket each in both innings. In the second he picked 2 wickets in the first innings and 1 wicket in the second. In the third Test match he picked 5 wickets in the first innings and 3 crucial ones in the second innings. Overall he bagged 13 wickets giving away 302 runs at a rate of 23.3 runs per wicket.