Abhay Sharma

Abhay Sharma
Personal information
Born (1969-04-30) 30 April 1969 (age 55)
Delhi, India
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1987/88–1990/91Delhi
1991/92–2003/04Railways
1996/97Rajasthan
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 89 40
Runs scored 4,105 780
Batting average 35.38 23.63
100s/50s 9/20 0/1
Top score 188 69*
Balls bowled 151 24
Wickets 0 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match n/a
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 145/34 20/11
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 January 2016

Abhay Sharma (born 30 April 1969) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Delhi, Railways and Rajasthan. As of January 2016, he works as the fielding coach of India A and India Under-19s. In 2021, he was named as the fielding coach of Indian women's national cricket team.

Playing career

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Sharma was a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman representing teams such as Delhi, Railways, Rajasthan, Central Zone, India under-19s and the Board President's XI. In a career that spanned 1987/88 to 2003/04, he appeared in 89 first-class and 40 List A matches. He was part of the Delhi team that won the 1988–89 Ranji Trophy. He was the Railways captain when they won the Ranji Trophy in 2001-02. He finished his career with Railways, scoring over 4000 runs at an average of 35.38 and making 179 dismissals in first-class matches.

Coaching career

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Sharma was the Railways cricket team coach for seven years starting from 2007. Having completed coaching courses in batting, fielding and wicket-keeping in England, he was assigned to coach in the National Cricket Academy as well as India B in the Challenger Trophy. In 2013, he became the fielding and wicket-keeping coach of India A.[1] He was appointed as the head coach of Himachal Pradesh in 2014 ahead of the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy.[2] He became the fielding coach of India Under-19s in 2015.[3]

He had picked a 19-year-old Karn Sharma in the Railways squad for 2007–08 Ranji Trophy. After Karn scored a century on his first-class debut that season, Abhay trained him on his leg spin bowling and has been his coach since then.[4][5]

He was named fielding of coach of India national cricket team for Zimbabwe tour in June 2016. He worked under interim head coach Sanjay Bangar.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Bhattacharya, Aditya. "Interview: Abhay Sharma's coaching chronicles". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Abhay moves to Himachal, Harvinder to coach Railways". Business Standard. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Rahul Dravid helping us prepare technically, mentally: U-19 captain Ricky Bhui". Zee News. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ^ Ramakrishnan, Vineet. "Karn Sharma an asset to India: Coach". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. ^ Rizvi, Taus. "Years of hard work has finally paid for Karn Sharma with Test call-up". DNA India. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ^ Bangar named India coach for Zimbabwe tour
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