Chetan Sharma was born on 3rd of January in 1966 and presently he is 56 years of age as of 2022, know his biography, stats and net worth
Chetan Sharma is a former Indian cricketer as well as a politician who has played ODIs and Tests for the Indian cricket team. On 24th of December in 2020, Chetan was elected as Chairman of the selection committee of the Indian cricket team. He was initially coached by Desh Prem Azad.
Chetan Sharma Ex-BCCI Chief Selector Biography, Age, Family, Cricket Career Stats, Salary, Net Worth
BCCI sacks Chief Selector Chetan Sharma & the entire national selection committee
— ANI (@ANI) November 18, 2022
Chetan Sharma’s Family And Education
Chetan Sharma is 1.7m tall and he has attended DAV College, Lahore. He was born to Manak Ram Sharm and has a sibling named Karnesh Sharma. Sharma’s mother’s name is unknown.
Chetan Sharma Professional Career
Career Batting Stats
Right-Handed Batsman
Format | M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test 1984–89 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 396 | 54 | 22.0 | 642 | – | 0 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
ODI 1983–94 | 65 | 35 | 16 | 456 | 101* | 24.0 | 504 | 90.5 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
Format | M | Inn | B | Mdn | Runs | W | BB | Econ | Avg | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test 1984–89 | 23 | 39 | 3470 | 61 | 2163 | 61 | 6/58 | 3.74 | 35.5 | 56.9 | 2 | 4 |
ODI 1983–94 | 65 | 63 | 2835 | 19 | 2336 | 67 | 3/22 | 4.94 | 34.9 | 42.3 | 0 | 0 |
Chetan Sharma made his one of the first class debuts for Punjab at the young age of 17 years and appeared in the One Day Internationals a year later. In World Cup, Sharma became the first cricketer to take hat-trick.
Chetan making his first appearance in the Test match against Pakistan at Lahore in 1984, bowled Mohsin Khan with his 5th ball becoming the 3rd Indian to take a wicket in his first over in Test cricket.
Chetan Sharma was an integral part of India’s team which defeated England 2–0 in 1986. Sharma took sixteen wickets in the two Tests. Sharma took a total of 10 wickets at Birmingham, including a career-best 6 for 58 in the 2nd innings. When available, he was one of the first choices as the opening bowler with Kapil Dev for the next 3 years.
In the Reliance World Cup in 1987, Chetan Sharma took the first hat-trick in the history of the tournament when Sharma clean bowled Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield of New Zealand off consecutive balls.
Chetan shifted from Haryana to Bengal in year 1993 and he was there till 1996 when his career ended. Chetan is also remembered for bowling the last over in the Austral-Asia cup in 1986 in Sharjah.
Chetan Sharma’s Net Worth And Latest News
Chetan Sharma is estimated to have a net worth of $1.5 million as of 2022 with him paid Rs.90 lakhs per year as the chief selector. He is in the limelight as recently BCCI has invited fresh applicants for the selector’s positions and Chetan was one among the old selectors sacked by the board.
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