Good to see Ishant leading attack: Nehra

Former India pacer Ashish Nehra feels that presently India has a potent fast bowling unit, and is particularly pleased with the display of seasoned seamer Ishant Sharma in the first Test of the current series in England.

Sharma bagged seven wickets in the lung-opener against England at Birmingham, including a five-for in the second innings, albeit in a losing cause as the visitors fell short by 31 runs.

"We have a huge number of options, but the more important thing is quality. We have 6-7 fast bowlers and one or two come in behind also and they have quality," Nehra said.

"In the first Test match we managed to pick 20 wickets and, more importantly, somebody like Ishant Sharma - leading from the front after playing so many Test matches - that was good to see," he said.

"We have an experienced bowling attack on this tour. All in all we have a very good fast bowling unit."

The former left-arm pacer was of the view that Navdeep Saini and Mohammed Siraj were coming up in the ranks.

"Another two guys I see coming up are Navdeep Saini and  Siraj. They both have been part of India A squad. All of them have heaps of talent," he said.