Five Indian bowlers and their bunnies

#3 Ishant Sharma - Alastair Cook

When we talk about Ishant Sharma, Ricky Ponting's troubles outside the off stump against the tall fast bowler come to our mind instantly. Ishant accounted for Ponting seven times in 12 matches, however, he bore an equitable share of success against the great English opener, Alastair Cook.

Sharma's nagging full length outside the off-stump accounted for Cook eight times in ten Test matches with a success rate of 0.8. One of the most memorable dismissals of Cook was in the famous Lord's Test of 2014 where Sharma played on Cook's patience around the fourth stump, inducing an edge in the process. India went to win the match and Cook's dismissal at the fag end of the day was one of the key turning points of that game.