Parthasarathy Sharma

Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma (Hindi: पार्थसारथी शर्मा, Pārthasārathī Sharmā) pronunciation  (5 January 1948 – 20 October 2010) was an Indian cricketer.

Parthasarthy Sharma
Cricket information
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A
Matches 5 2 152 17
Runs scored 187 20 8614 632
Batting average 18.69 10.00 39.15 45.14
100s/50s -/1 -/- 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 – n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling – – 6/26 6/29
Catches/stumpings 1/- -/- 145/2 5/-
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2014

Sharma was born in Alwar, Rajasthan. He played in 5 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1974 to 1977. He played first-class cricket for Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy from 1962–63 (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.[1] 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.[2]

References
  1. Bombay v Rest of India 1977–78
  2. Vidarbha v Rajasthan 1974–75


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