On Friday, Ishant Sharma marked his name in the Indian history by bowling the first over the day-night Test match between India and Bangladesh. Ishant not only bowled the first over but also the first maiden over and also picked the first wicket when he dismissed Imrul Kayes. He claimed four wickets in his second spell as he dismissed Mahmudullah, Ebadat Hossain, Mehidy Hasan and Nayeem Hasan. As a result, Ishant <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/twitter-reactions-ishant-sharma-takes-five-wicket-haul-with-pink-ball/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">completed his 5-wicket haul</a> which was only his 2nd 5-fer in this format on Indian soil.

Ishant Sharma’s maiden 5-wicket haul at home came way back in 2007 December. The speedster recorded figures of 5/118 in Pakistan’s first innings of Test match played in Bangalore. Interestingly, it was Ishant’s first Test match at home and only the 2nd of his career. This meant Ishant took a 5-fer in his maiden Test innings at home playing with the red ball and the first innings with the pink ball but nothing in between.

Here are the five things in cricket that changed in the course of Ishant Sharma’s two 5-fers at home:

5. Day-Night Test cricket didn&#8217;t exist

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-71229" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Adelaide-Oval.jpg" alt="Ashes" width="600" height="399" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-71229" class="wp-caption-text">The sun sets over the Adelaide Oval during the first day-night cricket Test match. (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Ishant Sharma’s 2nd 5-wicket haul at home came in India’s first-ever day-night Test match. However, when Ishant got his 1st home 5-fer, the concept of day-night Test cricket did not exist. In fact, the first day-night first-class match played with pink-ball was in the 2009/10 season game between Guyana and Trinidad &amp; Tobago. The County Championship adopted this format later in 2011.

The game between Kent and Glamorgan hosted by Canterbury was played under the lights. In October 2012, the ICC permitted the day-night Test matches with respect to mutual agreement between the two teams. The first-ever D/N Test took place in November 2015 when <a href="https://www.facebook.com/crictracker/photos/a.601832999847425/3083709361659764/?type=3&amp;theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Australia</a> hosted New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval. The current India-Bangladesh Test is only the 12th day-night Test match.

Australia have won all of their five day-night Tests and are scheduled to play their sixth such encounter against Pakistan later this month in Adelaide.

4. Home teams were yet to win the ODI World Cup:

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-31844" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/India-Trophy-2011-CWC.jpg" alt="Indian players with World Cup 2011 trophy" width="594" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-31844" class="wp-caption-text">Indian cricketers celebrate with the trophy. (© INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Until December 2007, a total of nine 50-over World Cup editions took place. However, none of them was won by the teams which hosted the tournament final. Sri Lanka came close in 1996 when they were one of the three host nations of the tournament. They won the final against Australia during the game played in Lahore. In fact, England (in 1979) were the only team to play a CWC final at home till then.

However, from 2011, the fortunes of the home sides changed dramatically. In all the three editions of the World Cup played in these 12 years have been won by the host nations. India defeated Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in the 2011 edition to bag their first CWC title in 28 years. Australia replicated this feat in 2015 CWC by defeating New Zealand in Melbourne.

It was the 5th time that the Aussies lifted the World Cup; three more times than any other nation. It was also Australia’s 4th time in five editions. Later in 2019, the England team finally brought an end to their wait to win an ODI World Cup. Hosting the CWC for the first time in 20 years, England edged past New Zealand in the Lord’s final by virtue of hitting more boundaries as the Super over also ended in a Tie.

3. India’s fabulous five were still playing:

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-73785" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Fab-five-1.jpg" alt="Fab Five of Indian cricket" width="600" height="418" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-73785" class="wp-caption-text">Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Anil Kumble the Fab Five of Indian cricket. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

India’s five major men of the Test team, famously known as fabulous five were still playing the longer format in 2007/08 when Ishant Sharma got his maiden 5-wicket haul. Anil Kumble was the Test captain during that 2007 Bangalore Test while <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cant-get-better-than-this-sourav-ganguly-impressed-with-kolkata-turning-pink-city-for-historic-test/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sourav Ganguly</a> scored his maiden double century in Test cricket in that game. Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman played that Test but Sachin Tendulkar missed due to an injury.

In 2008/09 home season, Ganguly announced that the 4-match series against Australia will be the last of his career. However, during the 3rd Test in Delhi, the then skipper Kumble announced his retirement. He suffered an injury to his little finger of the left hand and was set to miss the 4th Test. Hence, the leg-spinner decided to call time on his career at the venue where he took 10 wickets in an innings.

The 2011/12 tour of Australia witnessed the last International appearances of both Dravid and Laxman. Following ordinary performances on that tour, Rahul retired in March while VVS announced his retirement prior to the home series. Later in 2013/14 season, Sachin Tendulkar marked his exit from professional cricket in grand style at this home ground, Wankhede.

2. A Test match against Pakistan never took place again:

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-374600" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/India-vs-Pakistan-Test.jpg" alt="India vs Pakistan Test" width="636" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-374600" class="wp-caption-text">India vs Pakistan Test. (Photo by Santosh Harhare/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)</figcaption>

Whenever India and Pakistan face off in a cricket match, a special interest in both the countries is witnessed towards the game. It will be of same intense irrespective of the occasion, the format and the venue. Unfortunately, the Test in which Ishant Sharma took the five-wicket at home turned out to be the last instance of India and Pakistan facing off in the longer format.

India’s scheduled tour of Pakistan in 2009 was cancelled following the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The Cricketing Ties seemed to be improving when they faced off in the 2011 World Cup semi-final that brought Prime Ministers of both nations together. Later in 2012/13, the two countries accepted to play two T20Is and a 3-match ODI series.

In 2014, an agreement for playing a total of six bilateral series was made in the ICC conference. However, the relations between India and Pakistan worsened. As a result, Pakistan’s tour of India in 2012/13 still remains as the last bilateral series between them. The differences went as far as India threatening to boycott their matches against Pakistan in the ICC events.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-210749" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/IPL-Trophy.jpg" alt="IPL 2018 BCCI Jammu and Kashmir" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-210749" class="wp-caption-text">IPL trophy. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

When Ishant got his maiden Test 5-fer, the Twenty20 format was just taking baby steps towards globalizing the sport. The inaugural edition of the World T20 was held in September that year and India claimed the title by defeating Pakistan in a thriller. Incidentally, the Indian Cricket Board announced the launch of a franchise T20 competition on the day India were set to play the first game of that tournament.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) was set to be played in April 2008 and the WT20 win helped to draw the Indian audience. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shah-rukh-khan-gives-a-brilliant-reply-to-brendon-mccullums-belated-birthday-wishes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brendon McCullum</a> struck an unbeaten 158 in the very first match of the tournament playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders. The knock helped IPL to kick start in grand style. Ishant Sharma was in the KKR line-up and drew the first blood for his team.

He dismissed the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Rahul Dravid with the very 1st ball he bowled in the tournament. As many as 12 editions have been completed till date and the tournament remains the most successful cricket league by a fair margin. A number of T20 Leagues came into the scene after the IPL but many of them failed to even earn profits.

On Friday, Ishant Sharma marked his name in the Indian history by bowling the first over the day-night Test match between India and Bangladesh. Ishant not only bowled the first over but also the first maiden over and also picked the first wicket when he dismissed Imrul Kayes. He claimed four wickets in his second spell as he dismissed Mahmudullah, Ebadat Hossain, Mehidy Hasan and Nayeem Hasan. As a result, Ishant <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/twitter-reactions-ishant-sharma-takes-five-wicket-haul-with-pink-ball/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">completed his 5-wicket haul</a> which was only his 2nd 5-fer in this format on Indian soil.
Ishant Sharma’s maiden 5-wicket haul at home came way back in 2007 December. The speedster recorded figures of 5/118 in Pakistan’s first innings of Test match played in Bangalore. Interestingly, it was Ishant’s first Test match at home and only the 2nd of his career. This meant Ishant took a 5-fer in his maiden Test innings at home playing with the red ball and the first innings with the pink ball but nothing in between.
<h3>Here are the five things in cricket that changed in the course of Ishant Sharma’s two 5-fers at home:</h3>
<h3>5. Day-Night Test cricket didn’t exist</h3>
<figure id="attachment_71229" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-71229" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-71229" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Adelaide-Oval.jpg" alt="Ashes" width="600" height="399" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-71229" class="wp-caption-text">The sun sets over the Adelaide Oval during the first day-night cricket Test match. (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Ishant Sharma’s 2nd 5-wicket haul at home came in India’s first-ever day-night Test match. However, when Ishant got his 1st home 5-fer, the concept of day-night Test cricket did not exist. In fact, the first day-night first-class match played with pink-ball was in the 2009/10 season game between Guyana and Trinidad &amp; Tobago. The County Championship adopted this format later in 2011.
The game between Kent and Glamorgan hosted by Canterbury was played under the lights. In October 2012, the ICC permitted the day-night Test matches with respect to mutual agreement between the two teams. The first-ever D/N Test took place in November 2015 when <a href="https://www.facebook.com/crictracker/photos/a.601832999847425/3083709361659764/?type=3&amp;theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Australia</a> hosted New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval. The current India-Bangladesh Test is only the 12th day-night Test match.
Australia have won all of their five day-night Tests and are scheduled to play their sixth such encounter against Pakistan later this month in Adelaide.

<h3>4. Home teams were yet to win the ODI World Cup:</h3>
<figure id="attachment_31844" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-31844" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-31844" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/India-Trophy-2011-CWC.jpg" alt="Indian players with World Cup 2011 trophy" width="594" height="433" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-31844" class="wp-caption-text">Indian cricketers celebrate with the trophy. (© INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Until December 2007, a total of nine 50-over World Cup editions took place. However, none of them was won by the teams which hosted the tournament final. Sri Lanka came close in 1996 when they were one of the three host nations of the tournament. They won the final against Australia during the game played in Lahore. In fact, England (in 1979) were the only team to play a CWC final at home till then.
However, from 2011, the fortunes of the home sides changed dramatically. In all the three editions of the World Cup played in these 12 years have been won by the host nations. India defeated Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in the 2011 edition to bag their first CWC title in 28 years. Australia replicated this feat in 2015 CWC by defeating New Zealand in Melbourne.
It was the 5th time that the Aussies lifted the World Cup; three more times than any other nation. It was also Australia’s 4th time in five editions. Later in 2019, the England team finally brought an end to their wait to win an ODI World Cup. Hosting the CWC for the first time in 20 years, England edged past New Zealand in the Lord’s final by virtue of hitting more boundaries as the Super over also ended in a Tie.

<h3>3. India’s fabulous five were still playing:</h3>
<figure id="attachment_73785" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73785" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-73785" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Fab-five-1.jpg" alt="Fab Five of Indian cricket" width="600" height="418" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-73785" class="wp-caption-text">Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Anil Kumble the Fab Five of Indian cricket. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
India’s five major men of the Test team, famously known as fabulous five were still playing the longer format in 2007/08 when Ishant Sharma got his maiden 5-wicket haul. Anil Kumble was the Test captain during that 2007 Bangalore Test while <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cant-get-better-than-this-sourav-ganguly-impressed-with-kolkata-turning-pink-city-for-historic-test/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sourav Ganguly</a> scored his maiden double century in Test cricket in that game. Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman played that Test but Sachin Tendulkar missed due to an injury.
In 2008/09 home season, Ganguly announced that the 4-match series against Australia will be the last of his career. However, during the 3rd Test in Delhi, the then skipper Kumble announced his retirement. He suffered an injury to his little finger of the left hand and was set to miss the 4th Test. Hence, the leg-spinner decided to call time on his career at the venue where he took 10 wickets in an innings.
The 2011/12 tour of Australia witnessed the last International appearances of both Dravid and Laxman. Following ordinary performances on that tour, Rahul retired in March while VVS announced his retirement prior to the home series. Later in 2013/14 season, Sachin Tendulkar marked his exit from professional cricket in grand style at this home ground, Wankhede.

<h3>2. A Test match against Pakistan never took place again:</h3>
<figure id="attachment_374600" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-374600" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-374600" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/India-vs-Pakistan-Test.jpg" alt="India vs Pakistan Test" width="636" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-374600" class="wp-caption-text">India vs Pakistan Test. (Photo by Santosh Harhare/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Whenever India and Pakistan face off in a cricket match, a special interest in both the countries is witnessed towards the game. It will be of same intense irrespective of the occasion, the format and the venue. Unfortunately, the Test in which Ishant Sharma took the five-wicket at home turned out to be the last instance of India and Pakistan facing off in the longer format.
India’s scheduled tour of Pakistan in 2009 was cancelled following the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The Cricketing Ties seemed to be improving when they faced off in the 2011 World Cup semi-final that brought Prime Ministers of both nations together. Later in 2012/13, the two countries accepted to play two T20Is and a 3-match ODI series.
In 2014, an agreement for playing a total of six bilateral series was made in the ICC conference. However, the relations between India and Pakistan worsened. As a result, Pakistan’s tour of India in 2012/13 still remains as the last bilateral series between them. The differences went as far as India threatening to boycott their matches against Pakistan in the ICC events.

<h3>1. IPL was yet to begin</h3>
<figure id="attachment_210749" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-210749" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-210749" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/IPL-Trophy.jpg" alt="IPL 2018 BCCI Jammu and Kashmir" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-210749" class="wp-caption-text">IPL trophy. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
When Ishant got his maiden Test 5-fer, the Twenty20 format was just taking baby steps towards globalizing the sport. The inaugural edition of the World T20 was held in September that year and India claimed the title by defeating Pakistan in a thriller. Incidentally, the Indian Cricket Board announced the launch of a franchise T20 competition on the day India were set to play the first game of that tournament.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) was set to be played in April 2008 and the WT20 win helped to draw the Indian audience. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shah-rukh-khan-gives-a-brilliant-reply-to-brendon-mccullums-belated-birthday-wishes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brendon McCullum</a> struck an unbeaten 158 in the very first match of the tournament playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders. The knock helped IPL to kick start in grand style. Ishant Sharma was in the KKR line-up and drew the first blood for his team.
He dismissed the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Rahul Dravid with the very 1st ball he bowled in the tournament. As many as 12 editions have been completed till date and the tournament remains the most successful cricket league by a fair margin. A number of T20 Leagues came into the scene after the IPL but many of them failed to even earn profits.

On Friday, Ishant Sharma marked his name in the Indian history by bowling the first over the day-night Test match between India and Bangladesh. Ishant not only bowled the first over but also the first maiden over and also picked the first wicket when he dismissed Imrul Kayes. He claimed four wickets in his second spell as he dismissed Mahmudullah, Ebadat Hossain, Mehidy Hasan and Nayeem Hasan. As a result, Ishant <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/twitter-reactions-ishant-sharma-takes-five-wicket-haul-with-pink-ball/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">completed his 5-wicket haul</a> which was only his 2nd 5-fer in this format on Indian soil.
Ishant Sharma’s maiden 5-wicket haul at home came way back in 2007 December. The speedster recorded figures of 5/118 in Pakistan’s first innings of Test match played in Bangalore. Interestingly, it was Ishant’s first Test match at home and only the 2nd of his career. This meant Ishant took a 5-fer in his maiden Test innings at home playing with the red ball and the first innings with the pink ball but nothing in between.
<h3>Here are the five things in cricket that changed in the course of Ishant Sharma’s two 5-fers at home:</h3>
<h3>5. Day-Night Test cricket didn&#8217;t exist</h3>
<figure id="attachment_71229" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-71229" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-71229" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Adelaide-Oval.jpg" alt="Ashes" width="600" height="399" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-71229" class="wp-caption-text">The sun sets over the Adelaide Oval during the first day-night cricket Test match. (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Ishant Sharma’s 2nd 5-wicket haul at home came in India’s first-ever day-night Test match. However, when Ishant got his 1st home 5-fer, the concept of day-night Test cricket did not exist. In fact, the first day-night first-class match played with pink-ball was in the 2009/10 season game between Guyana and Trinidad &amp; Tobago. The County Championship adopted this format later in 2011.
The game between Kent and Glamorgan hosted by Canterbury was played under the lights. In October 2012, the ICC permitted the day-night Test matches with respect to mutual agreement between the two teams. The first-ever D/N Test took place in November 2015 when <a href="https://www.facebook.com/crictracker/photos/a.601832999847425/3083709361659764/?type=3&amp;theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Australia</a> hosted New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval. The current India-Bangladesh Test is only the 12th day-night Test match.
Australia have won all of their five day-night Tests and are scheduled to play their sixth such encounter against Pakistan later this month in Adelaide.

<h3>4. Home teams were yet to win the ODI World Cup:</h3>
<figure id="attachment_31844" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-31844" style="width: 594px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-31844" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/India-Trophy-2011-CWC.jpg" alt="Indian players with World Cup 2011 trophy" width="594" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-31844" class="wp-caption-text">Indian cricketers celebrate with the trophy. (© INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Until December 2007, a total of nine 50-over World Cup editions took place. However, none of them was won by the teams which hosted the tournament final. Sri Lanka came close in 1996 when they were one of the three host nations of the tournament. They won the final against Australia during the game played in Lahore. In fact, England (in 1979) were the only team to play a CWC final at home till then.
However, from 2011, the fortunes of the home sides changed dramatically. In all the three editions of the World Cup played in these 12 years have been won by the host nations. India defeated Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in the 2011 edition to bag their first CWC title in 28 years. Australia replicated this feat in 2015 CWC by defeating New Zealand in Melbourne.
It was the 5th time that the Aussies lifted the World Cup; three more times than any other nation. It was also Australia’s 4th time in five editions. Later in 2019, the England team finally brought an end to their wait to win an ODI World Cup. Hosting the CWC for the first time in 20 years, England edged past New Zealand in the Lord’s final by virtue of hitting more boundaries as the Super over also ended in a Tie.

<h3>3. India’s fabulous five were still playing:</h3>
<figure id="attachment_73785" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73785" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-73785" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Fab-five-1.jpg" alt="Fab Five of Indian cricket" width="600" height="418" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-73785" class="wp-caption-text">Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Anil Kumble the Fab Five of Indian cricket. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
India’s five major men of the Test team, famously known as fabulous five were still playing the longer format in 2007/08 when Ishant Sharma got his maiden 5-wicket haul. Anil Kumble was the Test captain during that 2007 Bangalore Test while <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cant-get-better-than-this-sourav-ganguly-impressed-with-kolkata-turning-pink-city-for-historic-test/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sourav Ganguly</a> scored his maiden double century in Test cricket in that game. Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman played that Test but Sachin Tendulkar missed due to an injury.
In 2008/09 home season, Ganguly announced that the 4-match series against Australia will be the last of his career. However, during the 3rd Test in Delhi, the then skipper Kumble announced his retirement. He suffered an injury to his little finger of the left hand and was set to miss the 4th Test. Hence, the leg-spinner decided to call time on his career at the venue where he took 10 wickets in an innings.
The 2011/12 tour of Australia witnessed the last International appearances of both Dravid and Laxman. Following ordinary performances on that tour, Rahul retired in March while VVS announced his retirement prior to the home series. Later in 2013/14 season, Sachin Tendulkar marked his exit from professional cricket in grand style at this home ground, Wankhede.

<h3>2. A Test match against Pakistan never took place again:</h3>
<figure id="attachment_374600" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-374600" style="width: 636px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-374600" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/India-vs-Pakistan-Test.jpg" alt="India vs Pakistan Test" width="636" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-374600" class="wp-caption-text">India vs Pakistan Test. (Photo by Santosh Harhare/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Whenever India and Pakistan face off in a cricket match, a special interest in both the countries is witnessed towards the game. It will be of same intense irrespective of the occasion, the format and the venue. Unfortunately, the Test in which Ishant Sharma took the five-wicket at home turned out to be the last instance of India and Pakistan facing off in the longer format.
India’s scheduled tour of Pakistan in 2009 was cancelled following the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The Cricketing Ties seemed to be improving when they faced off in the 2011 World Cup semi-final that brought Prime Ministers of both nations together. Later in 2012/13, the two countries accepted to play two T20Is and a 3-match ODI series.
In 2014, an agreement for playing a total of six bilateral series was made in the ICC conference. However, the relations between India and Pakistan worsened. As a result, Pakistan’s tour of India in 2012/13 still remains as the last bilateral series between them. The differences went as far as India threatening to boycott their matches against Pakistan in the ICC events.

<h3>1. IPL was yet to begin</h3>
<figure id="attachment_210749" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-210749" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-210749" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/IPL-Trophy.jpg" alt="IPL 2018 BCCI Jammu and Kashmir" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-210749" class="wp-caption-text">IPL trophy. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
When Ishant got his maiden Test 5-fer, the Twenty20 format was just taking baby steps towards globalizing the sport. The inaugural edition of the World T20 was held in September that year and India claimed the title by defeating Pakistan in a thriller. Incidentally, the Indian Cricket Board announced the launch of a franchise T20 competition on the day India were set to play the first game of that tournament.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) was set to be played in April 2008 and the WT20 win helped to draw the Indian audience. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shah-rukh-khan-gives-a-brilliant-reply-to-brendon-mccullums-belated-birthday-wishes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brendon McCullum</a> struck an unbeaten 158 in the very first match of the tournament playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders. The knock helped IPL to kick start in grand style. Ishant Sharma was in the KKR line-up and drew the first blood for his team.
He dismissed the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Rahul Dravid with the very 1st ball he bowled in the tournament. As many as 12 editions have been completed till date and the tournament remains the most successful cricket league by a fair margin. A number of T20 Leagues came into the scene after the IPL but many of them failed to even earn profits.

Here are the five things in cricket that changed in the course of Ishant Sharma’s two 5-fers at home.

5 things that changed between Ishant Sharma’s two five-wicket hauls at home in Tests

IND vs BAN | On Friday, Ishant marked his name in the Indian history by bowling the first over the day-night Test match between India and Bangladesh.