Rahul Sharma

Rahul Sharma

Indian Right Arm Bowl

Personal Information

Full Name Rahul Sharma
Date of Birth November 30, 1986
Age 36 Years
Nationality Indian
Birth Place Jalandhar
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Role Bowler/Legbreak googly, Right-handed Batsman
Batting Style Right hand Bat
Bowling Style Legbreak Googly
Debut December 8, 2011
Jersey No. 97
Family Pradeep Sharma (Father), Indu Sharma (Mother)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
AUS-L vs IND-L 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 12.00
RK vs NS 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 17.00
NS vs CL 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 2 4.00
RK vs NS 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 8.00
NS vs KSA 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 2 8.67

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 4 1 1 2 0 1.00 50.00 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
T20Is 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20s 74 35 131 133 9 5.03 98.49 0 0 14 10 5 20 0
LISTAs 35 16 126 0 1 8.40 0 0 0 31 0 0 14 0
FIRSTCLASS 22 31 538 979 2 18.55 54.95 0 3 95 62 17 17 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 4 4 34.2 177 6 29.50 5.15 3/43 0 0
T20Is 2 2 7.2 56 3 18.66 7.63 2/29 0 0
T20s 74 74 265 1886 80 23.57 7.11 5/23 1 0
LISTAs 35 34 290 1327 54 24.57 4.57 4/28 0 0
FIRSTCLASS 22 39 601.5 2070 42 49.28 3.43 7/158 1 0

Rahul Sharma News

Rahul Sharma pays tribute to Rohit Sharma after Hardik Pandya replaces him as Mumbai Indians captain for IPL 2024 Rahul Sharma pays tribute to Rohit Sharma after Hardik Pandya replaces him as Mumbai Indians captain for IPL 2024
Rahul Sharma pays tribute to Rohit Sharma after Hardik Pandya replaces him as Mumbai Indians captain for IPL 2024
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IPL: 5 stars whose shine remained only for one season IPL: 5 stars whose shine remained only for one season
IPL: 5 stars whose shine remained only for one season
Discarded leg-spinner Rahul Sharma aims for 2019 World Cup Discarded leg-spinner Rahul Sharma aims for 2019 World Cup
Discarded leg-spinner Rahul Sharma aims for 2019 World Cup
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Cricketers wish Pakistani spin wizard Saqlain Mushtaq on his 40th birthday

Rahul Sharma: A Brief Biography

Rahul Sharma Biography


Rahul Sharma is an Indian cricketer, born on 30 November 1986 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He is an arts graduate from Guru Nanak Dev University in Punjab.

Background

Sharma made his debut in national cricket in 25 December 2006 by playing for his home team of Punjab against Rajasthan.

He waited for three long years to come into limelight again in 2009. He played 2009-10 season of the Ranji Trophy, where he took 13 wickets in seven of the first-class games and got noticed.

Thereafter, he played only one Ranji match in 2010-11 season. He transformed from medium pace bowler to right-handed leg break and googly bowler.


Debut

Rahul Sharma made his ODI debut for India on 8 December 2011. It was the 4th ODI in the series against the West Indies and Rahul took impressive three wickets. All three batsmen were dismissed by being bowled.


He made his Twenty20 international debut on 1 February 2012 in the first T20 of the series against Australia at the Sydney Olympic Park. He picked up one wicket in the match, giving away 27 runs in 3.4 overs.


Club Career

He started his Indian Premier League (IPL) career in 2010 with Deccan Chargers. But he wasn’t able to impress as he took only five wickets.

In the 2011 IPL, Rahul Sharma came to limelight for his superb bowling performances for Pune Warriors India.


Records

His figures were 4-0-7-2 against Mumbai Indians were declared as the most economical figures of 2011 Indian Premier League.