Karn Vinod Sharma (born 23 October 1987) is an Indian cricketer. He plays as an all-rounder for the Railways cricket team. He is a left-hand batsman and leg break bowler. He made his Twenty20 International debut against England in 2014. He made his One Day International debut for India against Sri Lanka on 13 November 2014.He made his Test debut against Australia in Adelaide on 9 December 2014.He made his first-class debut in 2007/08 Ranji season at Karnail Singh Stadium against Jammu and Kashmir where he played as a specialist batsman. He scored 120 off 232 balls with 17 boundaries as Railways cricket team won by innings and 88 runs. Karn Sharma made his T20I debut on 7 September 2014 against England and returned with a figure of 1/28 dismissed Joe Root. He didn’t get to bat on that day. Karn Sharma made his ODI debut on 13 November 2014 against Sri Lanka. Sadly he had a terrible outing with the ball on debut and he didn’t get a chance to bat for the team. Karn Sharma made his Test debut on 9 December 2014 against Australia within a month of his ODI debut. He picked up 4 Wickets in 2 innings and dismissed his IPL team mate David Warner twice in the match. However he managed to score only 8 runs from 2 innings. He featured for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2009. He was signed up by the IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013. In a line-up comprising Dale Steyn, Thisara Perera and Amit Mishra, young Sharma was the bowler the opposition batsmen were expected to target.He responded with a mature performance. His performance against Kings XI Punjab early on in the tournament was ample proof of his potential, as he beat the Kings XI batsmen with his spin.
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Questions of this week:
1. Who top scored for India A team against Bangladesh A in the first ODI?
2. For which team Mayank Aggarwal played in IPL-8?
3. Which faction of JKCA will send teams for BCCI Tournaments this season?
4. Which bowling rank Umesh Yadav holds in World Cricket?
5. Who is Rajeev Shukla?
Answers of the last week:
1. Unmukt Chand 2. RCB 3. Javed Shah 4. 6th 5. Treasurer BCCI.
The best entry of this week was received Ravi Raj, Kathua.
The other entries of the week were from from Sanjay Dhar, Lane No 1, H No-3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal Jammu; Karan Anand, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu; Satish Kumar, Krishna Nagar, Jammu; Rajeev Sharma, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu; Amandeep Singh, Chatha, Jammu and Asif, Doda.
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