Karn Sharma

India|Bowler
Karn Sharma
INTL CAREER: 2014 - 2014
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Full Name

Karn Vinod Sharma

Born

October 23, 1987, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

Age

35y 157d

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

Career Averages
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test1229423842/954/23859.504.8573.5000
ODI221141250---6.57-000
T20I11242811/281/2828.007.0024.0000
FC821271182063962308/3811/14027.803.2451.39132
List A10599504739551295/135/1330.654.7039.1030
T20152141268733161275/245/2426.117.4021.1210
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test12184*8.002828.57000000
ODI2-----------30
T20I1-----------00
FC8211612251812024.21511849.1921530946300
List A10584171559109*23.26160497.191510068390
T201521042814596719.191164125.340210564430
Karn Vinod Sharma
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Test
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Recent Matches - Player
MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Railways vs Gujarat313/38 & 2/8824-Jan-2023AhmedabadFC
Railways vs Chandigarh301/9217-Jan-2023ChandigarhFC
Railways vs Tripura23/15 & 2/8410-Jan-2023SuratFC
Railways vs Punjab17--20-Dec-2022DelhiFC
Railways vs Vidarbha2 & 18/38 & 1/7813-Dec-2022NagpurFC
Photos
Karn Sharma returned 8 for 38, his best first-class figures
Karn Sharma was the standout performer with 8 for 38 as Railways bowled Vidarbha out for 213
Karn Sharma lets out a celebratory roar
Mitchell Santner celebrates a breakthrough by explaining how he got the job done
Karn Sharma celebrates after getting a wicket
Karn Sharma reacts after getting the wicket of Kane Williamson