Karn Sharma

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Karn Sharma
INTL CAREER: 2014 - 2014
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Full Name

Karn Vinod Sharma

Born

October 23, 1987, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

Age

36y 148d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak Googly

Playing Role

Bowler

After Praveen Kumar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, legspinner Karn Sharma became the third cricketer to hit the headlines from the small western Uttar Pradesh town of Meerut when he bagged a Rs 3.75 crore from Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2014 IPL auction. It was the highest amount earned by a domestic uncapped player in the auction, and was reward for a solid season with Sunrisers in 2013, when he grabbed 11 wickets in 13 matches at an economy rate of 6.60. He formed a potent combination with India legspinner Amit Mishra as Sunrisers beat expectations to reach the semi-finals in their first season.

He has been around in the domestic circuit since 2007 representing Railways, but it was only during the 2012-13 season that he really made heads turn. He won the BCCI award for the Best Under-25 cricketer after taking 21 wickets at 19.04 in three Ranji matches that season. It included an eight-wicket innings haul against defending champions Rajasthan, which remains a highlight of his first-class career.

He repeated his solid IPL showing in 2014, with 15 wickets at 25.06, before showing a glimpse of his batting skills against South Africa A when India A toured Australia - given limited opportunities there, he got India A across the line in a nail-biting chase with 39 off 16 at No. 9. Not long after, he was rewarded with an India call-up, making the limited-overs squad for the tour to England and debuting for the country in a T20 international. Later in the year, after consistently claiming wickets against touring teams for India A, he got a maiden Test call-up: for the tour to Australia. ESPNcricinfo staff

Karn Sharma Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests1229423842/954/23859.504.8573.5000
ODIs221141250---6.57-000
T20Is11242811/281/2828.007.0024.0000
FC851311210065972388/3811/14027.713.2750.810132
List A116110558444341445/135/1330.794.7638.7030
T20s166155295737491425/245/2426.407.6020.8210

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests12184*8.002828.57000000
ODIs2-----------30
T20Is1-----------00
FC8512012255312023.63515949.4821531447310
List A11693181754109*23.38180497.221611877400
T20s1661113014976718.481195125.270210866460
Karn Vinod Sharma

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Recent Matches of Karn Sharma

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Railways vs Gujarat8 & 232/54 & 4/2026-Jan-2024ValsadFC
Railways vs Tamil Nadu0 & 42/10719-Jan-2024CoimbatoreFC
Railways vs Chandigarh--0/2005-Jan-2024ChandigarhFC
Railways vs Kerala--1/4905-Dec-2023BangaloreList A
Railways vs Saurashtra21/2803-Dec-2023Alur (3)List A

Photos of Karn Sharma

Karn Sharma celebrates after enticing Marcus Stoinis into a false stroke
Suyash Prabhudessai and Karn Sharma combined to dismiss Marcus Stoinis
Karn Sharma got the better of the big-hitting Marcus Stoinis
Karn Sharma celebrates dismissing Andre Russell
Karn Sharma took the wickets of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Andre Russell
Karn Sharma claimed the key wickets of Nehal Wadhera and Tim David