Chetan Sharma

Chetan Sharma Biography

There was much more to Chetan Sharma than the stomach high full toss that Javed Miandad dispatched for six.

A slightly built fast-medium bowler, for a while he was a Little Hurricane in Indian cricket, hailing from the same state as the original Haryana Hurricane in the form of Kapil Dev. He partnered Kapil with the ball, often with distinction, and tried to match his exploits with the bat as well. His talent was nowhere near the ace all-rounder but he did manage decent shows with the leather, and sometimes even with the willow.

As an 18-year-old, Chetan captured a wicket off the fifth ball of his first over in Test cricket, hitting the stumps of Mohsin Khan. Although Test success was not very regular, he did put in every ounce of effort and managed 5-wicket hauls in surfaces and atmospheres as varied as Colombo and Edgbaston. Especially brilliant was his 5 for 64 at Lord’s, 1986, which was one of the features of India’s historic win.

He captured 16 wickets in the 2 Tests he played in that series. The other notable performance was the 5 for 55 against West Indies at Delhi which enabled India to get back in the game after being bowled out for 75. In between he came in as night-watchman at Adelaide and batted almost two hours to score 54.

More striking were his exploits in ODIs. His most famous feat was capturing the first hat-trick for India during the Reliance Cup, but he had other accomplishments. He showed growing maturity as a batsman in the three-nation Benson & Hedges tournament in 1985-86, hitting Richard Hadlee for 16 in an over, and then batting with splendid temperament in the crucial qualifying game against the same opponents. And of course, there was the surprise century against England after being sent in as the pinch hitter in the MRF World Series.

However, by 1989, his form deserted him. He lost his place in the Test side and there were a gamut of young pace bowlers knocking on the doors of selection. He stuck around in the fringes, playing a few ODIs, but when Stephen Fleming and Adam Parore took 23 from his over in 1994, it was a signal that time was up.

Later he became a commentator.

Arunabha Sengupta

Chetan Sharma Batting & Fielding Averages

Career	M	In	R	NO	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	23	27	396	9	54	22.00	635	62.36	0	1	25	--	7	0
ODIs	65	35	456	16	101*	24.00	504	90.47	1	0	31	4	7	0
T20s	0	--	--	--		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
World Cup	4	1	0	0	0*	0.000	1	0.000	0	0	0	0	--	--

Chetan Sharma Bowling Averages

Career	M	B	R	W	Avg	EC	SR	5WI	10WM	BBI	BBM
Test	23	3470	2163	61	35.45	3.740	56.	4	1	6/58	10/188
ODIs	65	2835	2336	67	34.86	4.943	42.31	0	0	3/22	3/22
T20s	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
World Cup	4	217	170	6	28.33	4.700	36.16	0	--	3/51	3/22

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