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Chetan Sharma

Chetan Sharma
Personal information
Born (1966-01-03) 3 January 1966 (age 51)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
Relations Yashpal Sharma (uncle)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 167) 17 October 1984 v Pakistan
Last Test 3 May 1989 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 45) 7 December 1983 v West Indies
Last ODI 11 November 1994 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years Team
1982/83–1992/93 Haryana
1993/94–1996/97 Bengal
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A
Matches 23 65 121 107
Runs scored 396 456 3714 852
Batting average 22.00 24.00 35.03 24.34
100s/50s 0/1 1/0 3/21 1/2
Top score 54 101* 114* 101*
Balls bowled 3470 2835 19937 4504
Wickets 61 67 433 115
Bowling average 35.45 34.86 26.05 31.42
5 wickets in innings 4 0 24 1
10 wickets in match 1 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 6/58 3/22 7/72 5/16
Catches/stumpings 7/– 7/– 71/– 20/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2008

Chetan Sharma About this sound pronunciation  (born 3 January 1966) was a medium pace bowler who was a member of Indian cricket team.

Sharma was coached by Desh Prem Azad, a Dronacharya Award winner, who was also the mentor of Kapil Dev. Being 5' 3" tall, the bearded Sharma was one of the fastest bowlers in India during the 1980s.

He made his first class debut for Haryana at the age of 16 and appeared in One Day Internationals a year later. Making his first appearance in Tests against Pakistan at Lahore in 1984, he bowled Mohsin Khan with his fifth ball - becoming the third Indian to take a wicket in his first over in Test cricket. He took fourteen wickets in the three Tests in Sri Lanka in 1985. Later that season in Australia, with India needing a win in the last match of the league to qualify for the final of the World Series Cup, he played a match-winning innings of 38*.

Sharma was an important member of the Indian team that defeated England 2-0 in 1986. He took sixteen wickets in the two Tests that he played. He took 10 wickets at Birmingham, including a career best 6 for 58 in the second innings. It remains the only ten wicket haul by an Indian in England. Though only twenty at this time, he picked up frequent injuries which restricted his career. When available, he was the first choice as the opening bowler with Kapil Dev for the next three years.


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