India vs England: 5th Test, Day 2 - 5 talking points

#3 Ishant Sharma returning to his best

Ishant Sharma picked the vital wicket of Jos Buttler

Ishant was playing his first match of this series and had looked much better than in his previous series on Day 1. He made the batsmen play and pushed them on their front foot, bowling a teasing line.

Today, he worked on Buttler's weakness of missing straight balls bowled at the stump. Buttler tends to try to get outside the line in his initial movement while trying to shuffle across which leaves him vulnerable to straight balls, making him a strong leg before wicket candidate.

Ishant kept bowling at his weakness until Buttler missed a straight one and was out LBW. Ishant continued to be fired up and welcomed Liam Dawson, the debutant, with a bouncer that smacked him on the helmet.