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Amit Sharma

Amit Sharma
Personal information
Full nameAmit Sharma
Born20 November 1974
Jullundur (now Jalandhar), Punjab, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm off spin
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1992/93–1999/00Punjab
2000/01–2003/04Himachal Pradesh
First-class debut13 March 1993 Punjab v Madhya Pradesh
Last First-class28 December 2003 Himachal Pradesh v Maharashtra
List A debut6 December 1993 Punjab v Services
Last List A12 January 2003 North Zone v West Zone
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Youth Test Youth ODI
Matches 53 40 6 7
Runs scored 2106 791 353 109
Batting average 28.08 24.71 39.22 21.80
100s/50s 3/9 0/3 1/2 0/1
Top score 161 94 105 51
Balls bowled 1554 838 257 246
Wickets 17 21 5 6
Bowling average 47.35 31.95 32.60 28.66
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/21 3/22 2/38 4/22
Catches/stumpings 40/– 15/– 3/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2008

Amit Sharma (born 20 November 1974 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab), is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Amit Sharma was considered as an allrounder and was the captain of the U-19 team that visited England in 1994 season and won the test series 1-0 that included a Test match century in the second game. The team lost 2-0 in the ODI series. Prominent members of the squad who made it to International cricket included VVS Laxman, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Iqbal Siddiqui. The England team featured Marcus Trescothick, Michael Vaughan and Vikram Solanki in their squad.

Amit Sharma made his debut in Ranji Trophy domestic cricket in the 1992/93 season but never achieved his true potential. He never received an opportunity to play International Cricket and retired from domestic cricket after the 2003/04 season.

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