SUNDAY, February 23, 2014
Born on October 23, 1987 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh Karn Vinod Sharma is a 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 first-class debut in 2007/08 Ranji season at Karnail Singh Stadium against Jammu and Kashmir where he played as a specialist batsman and scored 120 off 232 balls with 17 boundaries as Railways cricket team won by innings and 88 runs.
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.
He fortified an already strong bowling attack with a decent economy rate and was a good foil to Amit Mishra, the senior leg-spinner in the side. When he was given the chance also contributed with the bat scoring a stubborn unbeaten 39 when Sunrisers Hyderabad was staring at their first home defeat against Chennai Super Kings.
In 2014 IPL auctions, he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 3.75 crore, in a bidding war with Kings XI Punjab. He is the highest paid uncapped Indian player in IPL 2014.
Style
He is having a busy action and it contributes to every delivery and he makes batsmen hurry their shots. But most important, he seems to have the big leg-break.
Identify the Player:
Write a brief description about him in 250 words.
Questions of this week:
1. Who got highest bid among capped Indian players in auction for IPL-7?
2. For which team Iqbal Abdullah played in IPL-6?
3. Who has replaced Dhoni to lead India in Asian Cup?
4. Who top scored for India in the recently held Test match Series against New Zealand?
5. Who is Ratnakar Shetty?
Answers of the last week:
Answer of last week: 1. Karn Sharma 2. Delhi Daredevils 3. Dr SM Bali 4. Kane Williamson 5. Former Ranji Trophy cricketer and former BCCI treasurer from PCA.
The best entry of this week was received from Ramesh Singh Jasrotia, Samba.
The other entries of the week were from Sanjay Dhar, Lane No-1, H No 3, Upper Laxmi Nagar Sarwal, Jammu; Satish Kumar of New Plots, Jammu; Ravi Razdan of Durga Nagar, Bantalab; Aryan Raina of Gole Gujral, Jammu; Mohd Aslam of Mohalla Ustad, Jammu; Vivek Sharma of Gandhi Nagar, Jammu and Sunil Chib of Akhnoor, Jammu.
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