Abhishek Sharma (cricketer, born 2000)

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Abhishek Sharma
Personal information
Born (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) [1]
Amritsar, Punjab, India
NicknameLaddu [2]
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm) [3]
BattingLeft-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatting all-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  111)6 July 2024 v  Zimbabwe
Last T20I2 February 2025 v  England
T20I shirt no.4
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Men's cricket Cricket pictogram.svg
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
U19 World Cup
Gold medal icon.svg 2018 New Zealand Team
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 February 2025

Abhishek Sharma (born 4 September 2000) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the national team. He made his debut against Zimbabwe in July 2024. [4] His maiden T20I century came in his second match. [5] He plays as an opening batter and a left arm spinner. In domestic cricket, he represents Punjab and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad. [6]

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Early life

Sharma was born on 4 September 2000 in Amritsar, Punjab to Manju Sharma and Raj Kumar Sharma. He is the youngest of three, with two elder sisters Komal and Sonia. [3] He completed his schooling from Delhi Public School. [3] He is a friend of Shubman Gill since childhood and they used to open the innings for Punjab in the under-14s. [7] Yuvraj Singh played a role in coaching Sharma during the COVID-19 lockdown period. [8]

Domestic career

U-16 & U-19 domestic

Sharma scored a century in his maiden match in the under-16 domestic cricket tournament for the 2015–16 Vijay Merchant Trophy. He scored 1,200 runs at an average of 109.09. [9] [10] He then made his under-19 debut for Punjab in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy in 2016. [11]

First-class cricket

He made his debut in first-class cricket for Punjab in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2017. [12] He led Punjab to their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy win in the 2023-24 season finishing as the second-highest run scorer of the tournament with 485 runs from ten innings at an average of 48.50 and a strike rate of 192.46, registering two hundreds and three fifties. [13]

List A cricket

Sharma played in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy for Punjab. [14] On 28 February 2021, playing for Punjab against Madhya Pradesh, he scored the fastest hundred by an Indian in List A cricket, in 42 balls. [15]

IPL career

2018: Delhi Daredevils

In January 2018, he was bought by Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL auction for Rs 5.5 million. [16] [17] [18] On 12 May 2018, he made his debut and went on to score 46 runs off 19 balls. [19]

2019-present: Sunrisers Hyderabad

In February 2022, he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 tournament. [20] [21] During the tournament, he played 14 matches and scored 426 runs. [22] In 2024, he scored the fastest fifty for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Mumbai Indians in March 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. [23] He finished the season with 484 runs in 16 matches, with a strike rate of 200, and 42 sixes in the tournament. He was the second highest run-scorer for Sunrisers Hyderabad that season, after Travis Head. [24]

International career

Sharma captained the India U-19 team at the 2016 U-19 Asia Cup and in a one-day series against England U-19 in 2017. [25] He went on to play in all of the team's matches during the 2018 U-19 Cricket World Cup, scoring a half-century against Bangladesh in the quarterfinal. [26]

After being called into the senior squad for the 2024 tour of Zimbabwe, Sharma made his international debut in the first match against Zimbabwe on 6 July. He scored his maiden T20I century in the second match of the series, scoring exactly 100 runs at the Harare Sports Club in July. [27] [28] By scoring a century in his second innings he became the fastest Indian batsman to score a century in terms of innings batted. In February 2025, Sharma became the highest individual run scorer for India in T20Is by scoring 135 runs from 54 balls vs England. His performance included 13 sixes and 7 fours. [29] He jumped to the 2nd spot in the men's T20 batting world rankings post the century. [30]

Awards and nominations

International

YearAwardTournamentResultRef
2016Player of the Match 2016 U-19 Asia Cup Won [31]

National

YearAwardCategoryTournamentResultRef
2016 Raj Singh Dungarpur Award Highest Run Score & Wickets Vijay Merchant Trophy Won [32]
2024 Player of the Tournament Second Highest Runscorer 2023–24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Won [33]
2024 Super Sixes of The Season Most Sixes in the Tournament 2024 Indian Premier League Won [34]

References

  1. ↑ "Secret behind Abhishek Sharma's success". indianexpress. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Abhishek Sharma mentions his nickname". Instagram. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Abhishek Sharma Cricketer". Crictoday. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Abhishek Sharma, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag make T20I debuts for India". India Today.
  5. ↑ Raj, Pratyush (7 July 2024). "Abhishek Sharma's father: After 1st match, I reminded him six-hitting was what led to India call-up". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Abhishek Sharma". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Abhishek Sharma after 1st T20I Match". indianexpress. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Behind Abhishek Sharma's Rise". news18. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Career & Stats". CREX. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Vijay Merchant Trophy 2015/16". acscricket. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "How the India U19 World Cup stars fared at IPL 2018". International Cricket Council. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Group D, Ranji Trophy at Dharamsala, Oct 6-9 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "second highest run scorer of the tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Abhishek Sharma - Profile". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  15. ↑ "The ACS – The ACS" . Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "IPL Auction 2018 - Abhishek Sharma| Cricbuzz.com". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "U19 World Cup stars snapped up in IPL auction". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  19. ↑ "45th match (N), Indian Premier League at Delhi, May 12, 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  20. ↑ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  21. ↑ Jha, Yash (24 March 2022). "The uncapped ones: Shahrukh Khan, Umran Malik and more". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  22. ↑ "Mens Team. IPLT20". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  23. ↑ "Mens Team. IPLT20". SportsTiger. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  24. ↑ "IPL 2024 Orange Cap: Abhishek Sharma breaks into Top 5 after SRH vs CSK match". The Indian Express. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  25. ↑ "All-rounder Abhishek Sharma to lead India U-19". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  26. ↑ "Abhishek Sharma's 50 against Bangladesh at U19CWC". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  27. ↑ Singh, Vaidehi (7 July 2024). "WATCH: Abhishek Sharma brings in maiden T20I century with hat-trick of sixes in 2nd T20I vs Zimbabwe". SportsTiger. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  28. ↑ "ZIM vs IND 2024". SportsTiger. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  29. ↑ "India v England: Tourists suffer record T20 defeat after Abhishek Sharma century". BBC Sport. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  30. ↑ "Abhishek Sharma's meteoric rise continues, jumps 38 places to 2nd in ICC T20I rankings". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  31. ↑ "Punjab's Abhishek Sharma to lead India U-19 cricket team in Youth Asia Cup". India Today. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  32. ↑ "Raj Singh Dungarpur award" . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  33. ↑ Sportstar, Team (5 December 2024). "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Abhishek Sharma hits 28-ball century, equals record for fastest T20 hundred by India batter". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  34. ↑ "17.7 sixes per match, most sixes in powerplay and Abhishek Sharma make IPL 2024 a season of wallops". Hindustan Times. 17 May 2024. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.


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