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Full name | Rajiv Sharma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 10 June 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Avinash Sharma (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004-2008,2013 | Auckland A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Oxford MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 11 April 2009 Oxford MCCU v Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 24 June 2012 Oxford University v Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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