Parthasarathy Sharma

Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma pronunciation^ⓘ (5 January 1948 – 20 October 2010) was an Indian cricketer.

Parthasarthy Sharma

Personal information
Full name	Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma
Born	(1948-01-05)5 January 1948 Alwar, Rajasthan, India
Died	20 October 2010(2010-10-20) (aged 62)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 134)	11 December 1974 v West Indies
Last Test	1 January 1977 v England
ODI debut (cap 18)	21 February 1976 v New Zealand
Last ODI	22 February 1976 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 5 2 152 17 Runs scored 187 20 8,614 632 Batting average 18.69 10.00 39.15 45.14 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 18/45 3/1 Top score 54 14 206 110* Balls bowled 24 – 12,621 684 Wickets – – 191 13 Bowling average – – 24.51 32.61 5 wickets in innings – – 6 1 10 wickets in match – – 1 0 Best bowling – – 6/26 6/29 Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 145/2 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2014

Sharma was born in Alwar, Rajasthan and played in five Test matches and two One Day Internationals from 1974 to 1977. He played first-class cricket for Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy from 1962 to 1963 (when he made his debut a few days before his 15th birthday) to 1984–85. In the beginning of his career he kept wickets too, but later gave up keeping and became an off spinner. He was a master of playing spin bowling and people compared him to Vijay Manjrekar the way he handled the turning ball.

In 1977–78 he captained Rest of India to an innings victory over Bombay in the Irani Cup, scoring 206, his highest score, and taking four wickets. His best bowling figures came against Vidarbha in 1974–75, when he took the first six wickets in the second innings to finish with 6 for 26, then hit the highest score of the match, 54 not out, to give Rajasthan victory by eight wickets.

External links

• Parthasarathy Sharma at ESPNcricinfo
• "Parthasarathy Sharma: A talented all-rounder" by Abhishek Mukherjee