Rahul Sharma (cricketer, born 1986)
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| Full name | Rahul Sharma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | RAHU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07–Present | Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Deccan Chargers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–Present | Pune Warriors India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 07 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rahul Sharma (Template:Lang-hi) (born November 30, 1986 in Jalandhar, Punjab) is an Indian cricketer. He is primarily a right-handed legbreak and googly bowler. He has been a member of the Punjab cricket team since 2006. He came into the limelight due to his impressive bowling performances in IPL 2011 for Pune Warriors.
Early Career
Rahul started as a medium pacer but soon turned to leg spin on his coach Devender Arora's insistence (Devender Arora is also Harbhajan Singh's coach).[1] He made his debut in first class cricket on December 25, 2006 for Punjab against Rajasthan, but had to wait till 2009 to play again. In 2009-10 season of the Ranji Trophy, he took 13 wickets in seven first class games. Rahul played only one Ranji match in the 2010-11 season.
Indian Premier League
In 2010, Rahul Sharma made his IPL debut for Deccan Chargers. He took just five wickets and went at 8.08 an over in the six matches he played for Deccan Chargers. In the 2011 IPL, Rahul Sharma made a name for himself with some good bowling performances for Pune Warriors. His figures of 4-0-7-2 against Mumbai Indians were the most economical of 2011 Indian Premier League and the performance created enough of a buzz to see his name trend on twitter in India. [2][3][4].
ODI Debut
On December 8, 2011, Rahul Sharma made his ODI debut for India in the 4th ODI against the West Indies and took three wickets. All three batsmen were bowled. In the same match Virender Sehwag became the highest scorer in ODIs.
| IPL Bowling Statistics of Rahul Sharma | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Mat | Inns | Over | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 Wkts | 5 Wkts |
| 2010[5] | Template:Cr-IPL | 6 | 6 | 20.4 | 0 | 167 | 5 | 2/42 | 33.40 | 8.08 | 24.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011[6] | Template:Cr-IPL | 11 | 11 | 41.0 | 1 | 215 | 14 | 3/13 | 15.35 | 5.24 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-2011 Total [7] | 17 | 17 | 61.4 | 1 | 382 | 19 | 3/13 | 20.10 | 6.19 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 | |
References
- ^ Warriors' lone beacon
- ^ John Doe finds his identity
- ^ Rahul Sharma: This IPL’s star bowler battles nerve disorder to spin success story
- ^ Rahul Sharma benefits from Harbhajan tips
- ^ Indian Premier League, 2009/10 - Deccan Chargers / Records / Batting and bowling averages
- ^ Indian Premier League, 2011 / Records / Most wickets
- ^ Indian Premier League / Records / Most wickets