Sanjeev Sharma pronunciation (born 25 August 1965) is a former Indian cricketer, entrepreneur and cricket coach who played in two Test matches and 23 One Day Internationals from 1988 to 1997. As right arm medium pace bowler, he was one of several bowlers tried out as Kapil Dev's opening partners in the 80's. He made an impressive start by polishing off the tail on his Test debut against New Zealand in 1988–89 to finish with three for 37. He toured West Indies in 1989. After a career that spanned nearly 20 years, he announced his retirement from competitive cricket in November 2004. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 1988 Asia Cup.

Sanjeev Sharma
Sanjeev Sharma1
Personal information
Full name
Sanjeev Sharma
Born (1965-08-25) 25 August 1965 (age 59)[1]
Delhi
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 184)02 December 1988 v New Zealand
Last Test26 July 1990 v England
ODI debut (cap 65)2 January 1988 v West Indies
Last ODI20 July 1990 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 23 89 61
Runs scored 56 80 2,785 573
Batting average 28.00 10.00 36.16 26.04
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 3/16 0/2
Top score 38 28 117 58
Balls bowled 4,140 2,979 14,982 2,602
Wickets 6 22 41 47
Bowling average 41.16 36.95 43.80 43.80
5 wickets in innings 0 3 8 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/37 5/26 8/76 5/26
Catches/stumpings 11/0 27/0 39/0 16/0
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ACC Asia Cup
Winner 1988 Bangladesh
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 March 2019

His best batting figure against Uttar Pradesh is 117 not-out in the first innings and 55 not-out in the second innings at Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi during Ranji Trophy in 1991. He was awarded the man of the match for this batting performance.

In August 2019, he was appointed the coach of Senior Arunachal Pradesh Cricket Team.[2]

These days, he spends his time running a franchise of UClean in Delhi. UClean is India's largest laundry and dry-cleaning chain which works on the franchise model.

References

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  1. ^ Sanjeev Sharma
  2. ^ "BCCI eases entry for new domestic teams as logistical challenges emerge". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2018.