Abhishek Sharma
Personal information
Born (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 23)
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatting all-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017/18–presentPunjab
2018Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 4)
2019–presentSunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 18)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 24 53 90
Runs scored 1,071 1,547 2,282
Batting average 30.60 31.57 30.02
100s/50s 1/5 3/5 3/14
Top score 100 169* 112
Balls bowled 1,674 1,374 672
Wickets 20 29 30
Bowling average 49.10 36.86 26.53
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/136 3/17 3/7
Catches/stumpings 21/– 24/– 25/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 March 2024

Abhishek Sharma (born 4 September 2000) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.[2] He made his List A debut for Punjab in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017.[3] He made his first-class debut for Punjab in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2017.[4]

In December 2017, he was named in India's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup which was held in New Zealand.[5]

Domestic career

In January 2018, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL auction for Rs 5.5 million.[6][7][8] On 12 May 2018, he made his Twenty20 debut, playing for the Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 Indian Premier League and went on to score 46 runs off just 19 balls.[9] 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.[10] In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[11][12] In 2022 Indian Premier League, he played 14 matches, scoring total runs of 426.[13] In IPL 2024, he scored the fastest fifty for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Mumbai Indians on March 27 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Abhishek Sharma". Crictoday. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Abhishek Sharma". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy, Group A: Punjab vs Vidharbha at Delhi, Feb 25, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Group D, Ranji Trophy at Dharamsala, Oct 6-9 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Prithvi Shaw to lead India in Under-19 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  6. ^ "IPL Auction 2018 - Abhishek Sharma| Cricbuzz.com". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  7. ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  8. ^ "U19 World Cup stars snapped up in IPL auction". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  9. ^ "45th match (N), Indian Premier League at Delhi, May 12, 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  10. ^ "The ACS – The ACS". Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  11. ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  12. ^ Jha, Yash (24 March 2022). "The uncapped ones: Shahrukh Khan, Umran Malik and more". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Mens Team. IPLT20". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Mens Team. IPLT20". SportsTiger. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

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