Considered as the future of  country's pace attack in his early days of International cricket, India's most experienced pacer in the current set up, Ishant Sharma who is set to play for his home franchise Delhi Capitals for the first time in his career feels that perception of him being only good enough to be Test bowler has halted his chances of making into the limited over side, even when the 30-year old chap, who comes with a dozen year of international experience in his bag feels has a lot more to give and contribute in white ball format.

""Yes I think it's a big part, perception is something players have been dealing with and to be honest I don't know where these perceptions come from, that they get a tag like he is a T20 bowler or he is Test bowler or he is only a white ball bowler," he said.

The Delhi lad who last featured in the 50-over game back in January 2016 against Australia says that if one can perform well in red ball cricket, he is capable enough of doing it in every format of the game.

"I think if one can do well in red ball cricket, he can do well in any format because that's the basic of Cricket, red ball cricket. All you need to do is back your varieties that you have and do well with the white ball," he added.

Ishant had a stellar 2018 season, where he played a big part in India's historic triumph Down Under and productive in England too, though the side failed to get desired results.

And because of that impressive outing only, he finds a way back into the Indian Premier League (IPL) mix with Delhi franchise roped him for the season a year after he was left unsold in the Players auction.

Reflecting on his mindset ahead of this season, which is set to start from March 23. The 6 feet 4-inch tall pacer said that he is keen to keep aside the perceptions of him being good enough only for one format and look to start positive and make a strong case for the World Cup-bound squad which will be announced during the IPL season.

"I don't know where these perceptions come from but I don't really think about too many things, I just take it as an opportunity. If I do well in this format, I am sure I will be the fourth seamer to go to the World Cup."

"I am pretty positive about myself, I had good Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy (domestic T20), had a good Test series, wherever I played so I am pretty confident about myself to do good if get a chance," he said.

The veteran of 90 Tests with 267 scalps in his name also supported the idea of the use of Duke ball in Test matches by saying that Duke ball has a lot to offer for bowlers as compared toKookabura ball, which isn't of much help to pacers after initial few overs.

"I think it's a good thing, playing with Duke ball is always there something for the bowler, if you play with Kookaburra and there is no help with the wicket then the batsman is  always in a dominating position and bowlers go down in a motion which  is why Test cricket is going down."

He supported the idea by adding that "If you have a Duke ball in India or England or anywhere else too, there is at least something for the bowlers, which leads to a proper contest between bat and ball."

He said that if cricket is only supposed to be a batsman dominating game then the concept of bowlers should be replaced with bowling machines.

"If it is always a batsman dominating the game then why not use bowling machine instead of bowlers."

On being asked about the difference between Duke and Kookaburra balls, the senior speedster explains by saying that

"Duke ball swings late till 40 overs and then after 60 over it starts swinging again, so the bowlers are always in the game. But in case of Kookaburra if there is no grass  then after 20 overs there is nothing much left for the bowlers."

"You can't make things happen with Kookaburra, but with the Duke, one can try to make it happen and remain alive in the game."

On being asked about how relaxing is it to have the best bunch of pacers the country has ever produced in the current line up.

The Delhi lad said that it's good to have such talented players in the armory who possess the ability to turn things around by themselves at any moment but at the same at the time it also keeps everyone on the toes.

"It keeps us on the toes, because if you have such a good bowling attack so you will always be on your toes to do well. Whoever is taking wickets will get the chance to play in the eleven."

"So I think it keeps us on the toes, it's a healthy competition between us, which is a good thing for the side," he concluded.