Chetan Sharma

Chetan Sharma
Personal information
Born (1966-01-03) 3 January 1966 (age 58)
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 167)17 October 1984 v Pakistan
Last Test3 May 1989 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 45)7 December 1983 v West Indies
Last ODI11 November 1994 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1982/83–1992/93Punjab (squad no. Sussex)
1993/94–1996/97Mumbai
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 23 65 121 107
Runs scored 396 456 3,714 852
Batting average 22.00 24.00 35.03 23.66
100s/50s 0/1 1/0 3/21 1/2
Top score 54 101* 114* 101*
Balls bowled 3470 2,835 19,934 4,504
Wickets 61 67 433 115
Bowling average 35.45 34.86 26.05 31.42
5 wickets in innings 4 0 24 1
10 wickets in match 1 n/a 1 0
Best bowling 6/58 3/22 7/72 5/16
Catches/stumpings 7/– 7/– 71/– 20/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ACC Asia Cup
Winner 1984 United Arab Emirates
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 December 2020

Chetan Sharma pronunciation (born 3 January 1966) is an Indian former cricket player who played Tests and ODIs as a fast bowler for Indian cricket team.[2][3] Sharma was the first man to take a hat-trick in a Cricket World Cup, achieving this feat in the 1987 Cricket World Cup against New Zealand. His hat-trick was also the first time an Indian bowler took one in the ODI format. He was also a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket.

After retirement Sharma appeared as a cricket pundit at multiple Indian TV news networks. On 24 December 2020, he was selected as chairman of the selection committee of Indian cricket team.[4]

In November 2022, he was sacked from the position of BCCI national chief selector after team India's exit from the 2022 T20 World Cup.[3] Later BCCI re-appointed him.[5]

  1. ^ Bhattacharyya, Gautam (24 June 2019). "Cricket World Cup 2019: Mohammad Shami's seam position best, Chetan Sharma says". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022. At five feet three inches, Sharma was quite a spunky customer who shared the new ball with the legendary Kapil Dev […]
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  3. ^ a b "BCCI sacks senior men's selection committee and invites fresh applications". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ^ "BCCI appoints Chetan Sharma as chairman of selection committee". ANI News. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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