Karn Sharma

Karn Sharma

Personal information
Full name	Karn Vinod Sharma
Born	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 29) Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Right arm leg break googly
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 283)	9 December 2014 v Australia
Last Test	9 December 2014 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 204)	13 November 2014 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	16 November 2014 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	33
T20I debut (cap 49)	7 September 2014 v England
Last T20I	7 September 2014 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–present	Railways
2009	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2013–2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2017–present	Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition ODI Test T20 FC Matches 2 1 1 34 Runs scored - 8 - 1087 Batting average - 8.00 - 25.88 100s/50s - - - 1/7 Top score - 4* - 120 Balls bowled 114 294 24 3943 Wickets 0 4 1 66 Bowling average - 59.50 28.00 28.87 5 wickets in innings - 0 0 2 10 wickets in match - 0 0 0 Best bowling 0/61 2/95 1/28 8/97 Catches/stumpings 3/- 0/- 0/- 12/-
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2013

Karn Vinod Sharma (born 23 October 1987) is an Indian cricketer. He plays as an all-rounder for the Railways cricket team. He is a left-hand batsman and leg break bowler. He made his Twenty20 International debut against England in 2014. He made his One Day International debut for India against Sri Lanka on 13 November 2014. He made his Test debut against Australia in Adelaide on 9 December 2014.

He made his first-class debut in 2007/08 Ranji season at Karnail Singh Stadium against Jammu and Kashmir where he played as a specialist batsman. He scored 120 off 232 balls with 17 boundaries as Railways cricket team won by innings and 88 runs.

Karn Sharma made his T20I debut on 7 September 2014 against England Cricket Team

Karn Sharma made his ODI debut on 13 November 2014 against Sri Lanka. Sadly he had a terrible outing with the ball on debut and he didn't get a chance to bat for the team

Karn Sharma made his Test debut on 9 December 2014 against Australia within a month of his ODI debut. He picked up 4 Wickets in 2 innings and dismissed his IPL teammate David Warner twice in the match. However he managed to score only 8 runs from 2 innings.

He featured for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2009.

He was signed up by the IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013. In a line-up comprising Dale Steyn, Thisara Perera and Amit Mishra, young Sharma was the bowler the opposition batsmen were expected to target.