05 April,2017 01:30 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
In a bid to add experience to a young bowling line-up, Kings XI Punjab yesterday roped in Ishant Sharma on Virender Sehwag's advice after the senior speedster went unsold at the IPL auction
Ishant Sharma
New Delhi: Kings XI Punjab mentor Virender Sehwag advised the IPL team to bring in Indian pacer Ishant Sharma after he went unsold at the IPL 2017 auction.
However, Virender Sehwag did not take much time to get back to his usual banter of cricketers when in a tweet he poked fun at Ishant Sharma after welcoming him into the KXIP outfit.
Ishant Sharma took it with a pinch of salt and replied to Virender Sehwag.
Viru then took no time to shoot down Ishant Sharma's joke with another witty tweet.
It will be a massive boost to his Twenty20 career after the setback at the players' auction. Currently, India's senior-most pacer in the Test squad (77 matches), Ishant went unsold due to his high base price of R2 crore.
"A couple of days back, Viru bhai called up and asked if I am free. That's how it worked out," Ishant told PTI after his first training session with the team.
With inputs from PTI