1. Chetan Sharma was born on 3 January 1966 and is an Indian former cricket player who played Tests and ODIs as a fast bowler for Indian cricket team.
14 Facts About Chetan Sharma
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Chetan Sharma's hat-trick was the first time an Indian bowler took one in the ODI format.
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Chetan Sharma was a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket.
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Chetan Sharma made his first class debut for Punjab at the age of 17 and appeared in One Day Internationals a year later.
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Chetan Sharma took fourteen wickets in the three Tests in Sri Lanka in 1985.
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Chetan Sharma took sixteen wickets in the two Tests that he played.
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Chetan Sharma took 10 wickets at Birmingham, including a career best 6 for 58 in the second innings.
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Chetan Sharma is infamously remembered for bowling the last ball to Pakistani batting great Javed Miandad in the final of the Austral-Asia cup in Sharjah in 1986.
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Chetan Sharma played the most noted innings of his career against England in the Nehru Cup in 1989.
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Chetan Sharma made another important contribution in India's win against Australia in the next match, sharing an unfinished partnership of 40 runs with Manoj Prabhakar and ending the match with a six.
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Chetan Sharma moved from Haryana to Bengal in 1993 and stayed there till the end of his career in 1996.
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Chetan Sharma opened a Fast bowling cricket academy in Panchkula in Haryana in 2004 which closed down in 2009.
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Chetan Sharma subsequently joined the Bharatiya Janta Party, and was appointed party's sports cell convener.
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Chetan Sharma resigned from the post of chief selector a few days after the release of sting operation.