Amit Sharma

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Personal information

Full name

Amit Sharma

Born

20 November 1974 (age 42)
Jullundur (now Jalandhar), Punjab, India

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right arm off spin

Role

All-rounder

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1992/93–1999/00

Punjab

2000/01–2003/04

Himachal Pradesh

First-class debut

13 March 1993 Punjab v Madhya Pradesh

Last First-class

28 December 2003 Himachal Pradesh v Maharashtra

List A debut

6 December 1993 Punjab v Services

Last List A

12 January 2003 North Zone v West Zone

Career statistics

Competition	FC	List A	Youth Test	Youth ODI
Matches	53	40	6	7
Runs scored	2106	791	353	109
Batting average	28.08	24.71	39.22	21.80
100s/50s	3/9	0/3	1/2	0/1
Top score	161	94	105	51
Balls bowled	1554	838	257	246
Wickets	17	21	5	6
Bowling average	47.35	31.95	32.60	28.66
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/21	3/22	2/38	4/22
Catches/stumpings	40/–	15/–	3/–	3/–

Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2008

Amit Sharma (born 20 November 1974 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab), is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Amit Sharma was considered as an allrounder and was the captain of the U-19 team that visited England in 1994 season and won the test series 1-0 that included a Test match century in the second game. The team lost 2-0 in the ODI series. Prominent members of the squad who made it to International cricket included VVS Laxman, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Iqbal Siddiqui. The England team featured Marcus Trescothick, Michael Vaughan and Vikram Solanki in their squad.

Amit Sharma made his debut in Ranji Trophy domestic cricket in the 1992/93 season but never achieved his true potential. He never received an opportunity to play International Cricket and retired from domestic cricket after the 2003/04 season.

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