England vs India 2018: 5 key players for India in the Test series

#5 Ishant Sharma

Ishant Sharma bowled promisingly in his county stint

Ishant Sharma has been honing his craft in the county cricket circuit in England in the past few months, and in addition to bowling well and picking up many wickets for his team, Sussex, he also scored his personal best first-class score of 66 against Leicester.

With the absence of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah due to injury and Umesh Yadav being expensive in the recently concluded limited overs series (ODI and T20I), Ishant will have a big part to play in spearheading the Indian pace attack. He will be looking to exploit the seamer-friendly conditions in England.