Rajkumar Sharma is a former Indian cricketer turned coach. He played for Delhi Cricket Team from 1986 to 1991. He was Virat Kohli’s first coach.
Wiki/Biography
Rajkumar Sharma was born on Friday, June 18, 1965, in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh (58 years old as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Gemini. Sharma completed his education from St. Mary’s College, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He pursued BA (Hons) in Political Science from Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College (PGDAV), Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi. His friends and family affectionately call him Raju.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Weight (approximately): 75kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
The names of his parents are unknown. He has two brothers, Sunil Sharma and NK Sharma.
Rajkumar Sharma with his mother and family
Sunil Sharma
wife and children
His wife’s name is unknown. He has two children, a son named Avilal Sharma and a daughter named Suhani Sharma. Suhani is an architect.
Rajkumar Sharma’s childhood photos
Rajkumar Sharma with his wife
cricket
domestic
Rajkumar Sharma represents Delhi Under-22 and Delhi Cricket Team in domestic competitions. He made his debut for Delhi against Services Cricket Team in the Ranji Trophy of the 1986-1987 season on December 13, 1986. He performed well in his first season, taking 7 wickets at an average of 38.00 between December 13, 1986 and February 21, 1987. Sharma reached the Ranji Trophy final in his first season with Delhi; However, Hyderabad defeated Delhi in the Ranji Trophy final in the 1986-1987 season to win the title. The cricketer was named in the playing XI against Pakistan for their match against India on February 28, 1987. Sharma scored 6 runs and took a wicket in 13 overs of the first innings; he took two wickets in 30 overs of the second innings. In March 1989, Rajkumar was selected for the Delhi team to participate in the Wales One-Day Cup in the 1988-1989 season; between March 12 and 18, 1989, he played three first-class matches for the Delhi Cricket Team .
Rajkumar Sharma (far left) pictured with former Indian cricketers
On March 12, 1989, the cricketer took two wickets in the quarter-final match against Tamil Nadu with an economy rate of 3.30. On 18 March 1989, in the Wales One-Day Cup final, he bowled 10 balls at an economy rate of 3.80 against Railway Cricket Team. Delhi won the match by eight wickets and lifted the trophy. This is his last appearance in Group A. In 1988, Sharma participated in the Ranji Trophy in the 1988-1989 season as a member of the Delhi team. On March 22, 1989, in the Ranji Trophy final, he scored 7 runs against Bangladesh as Delhi defeated Bengal by an innings of 210 runs; this was his first Ranji Trophy win. Trophy. Rajkumar was a member of the Delhi team that participated in the Ranji Trophy in the 1990-1991 season; this was his last season with Delhi. On 12 January 1991, he was named in the playing eleven for the Ranji Trophy match against Punjab, in which he scored 15 runs and took one wicket in the first innings; this was his highest score in the tournament. . Sharma bowled seven overs but did not bat in the second innings; it was his last appearance in first-class cricket and the Ranji Trophy. The cricketer was a member of the Delhi Cricket Team from December 15, 1986 to January 12, 1991 and played eight first-class matches in the Ranji Trophy.
after retirement
West Delhi Cricket Academy (WDCA)
After announcing his retirement from professional cricket in 1998, he founded a cricket academy, the West Delhi Cricket Academy (WDCA), in Parshim Vihar, Delhi. Virat Kohli joined his academy on May 30, 1998; Virat was one of the first batch students of WDCA. Kohli joined the academy when he was about ten years old. With Kohli’s meteoric rise in cricket, WDCA became popular and later Rajkumar opened three more branches in different parts of Delhi.
Article snippet about Rajkumar Sharma Cricket Academy
Rajkumar Sharma with West Delhi Cricket Academy students
In 2022, WDCA graduates Pulkit Narang and Deepak Dhapola were selected to participate in the Duleep Trophy competition. Sharma coaches Indian cricketer Anuj Rawat at WDCA; Anuj was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the 2023 IPL season. There are reports that the academy has trained more than 50 national team players.
Rajkumar Sharma and Virat Kohli pose with West Delhi Cricket Academy students
selectors and coaches
He served as a junior coach and selector with the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) for nearly 18 years between 2001 and 2019; he also worked with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). In 2017, Sharma was appointed as the coach of Delhi Youth Cricket Team and won the CK Nayudu Under-23 Trophy in his first season as coach. During his tenure as coach, players like Hiten Dalal were promoted to the senior team. He served as a junior coach and selector in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) for nearly 18 years between 2001 and 2019. Later, when he was not offered any position under the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), he took over as the head coach of the Malta national team for the ICC qualifiers in Spain in March 2019.
Rajkumar Sharma with the Malta national team
The ICC tri-nation divisional match is between Malta, Spain and Estonia. The tournament was held between March 29, 2019 and March 31, 2019; Malta defeated Estonia by 13 points in the first match of the Spanish Triangular T20I series. In 2019, Sharma was appointed as the bowling coach of Delhi Ranji team ahead of the 2019-2020 season. After an impressive tenure, he was appointed as the head coach of Delhi Ranji FC for the 2020-2021 season on December 20, 2020. Subsequently, he continued to serve as the team’s head coach before the 2021-2022 season; however, due to the team’s poor performance in the domestic league, he was fired as the head coach before the 2022-2023 season. Later, he was appointed as the bowling coach of Delhi team.
Rajkumar Sharma (front row, third from left) poses with the Delhi coaching staff
Awards
- August 29, 2016: Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coach in Sports and Gaming
car collection
On September 5, 2014, Virat Kohli gifted him a Skoda Rapid car as a Teacher’s Day gift.
Facts/Trivia
- In an interview, Virat Kohli, while talking about his relationship with Rajkumar, termed his coach as his mentor and guiding influence.
- On November 9, 2022, the Indian Air Force awarded him a souvenir; Lieutenant Colonel Prasad handed over the souvenir on behalf of the Air Force.
- Some reports suggest that Sharma is close to former India skipper Virat Kohli. Talking about Virat’s childhood, Sharma pointed out in an interview that he had observed from the early days of training that Kohli was different from others and said Virat was an active, excited and playful person when he joined the academy. people. Raikumar added that the cricketer possesses immense confidence and discipline. He called the cricketer a serious student and said he was like a son to him.
Rajkumar Sharma with Virat Kohli as he received the award from Ashish Nehra
- Pranab Mukherjee presented him with the Dronacharya Award at the Sports and Adventure Awards 2016 held at Rastrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
Photo of Rajkumar Sharma accepting the Dronacharya Award from Pranab Mukherjee
- Rajkumar and his wife were invited to the wedding of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma in December 2017.
- After retiring from professional cricket, he worked in the banking industry. Some reports said that while he was working as a manager at Bank of Baroda in New Delhi, Delhi, he distributed around 500 PPE (personal protective equipment) kits to police and traffic police stationed at Rajouri Garden, Connaught Place and Daria. Ganj police station during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
- Later Rajkumar worked as a cricket analyst on Indian television.
- After BCCI stripped Virat Kohli of the Indian captaincy in 2021, some reports claimed that Sharma lambasted the BCCI for its decision and lack of transparency; he condemned this practice of changing the captain of the national team.
Photos of Rajkumar Sharma and Virat Kohli
- The former cricketer defended Ward’s choice to step down as captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in September 2021. Talking about Kohli’s decision in an interview, he said it was part of Virat’s plan to manage the workload to focus on Test and ODI cricket.
- Virat went through a period of poor form in early 2022. In an interview, his coach Rajkumar Sharma advised Indian cricketers to strengthen their fundamentals, adding that Kohli can benefit from training at the WDCA academy, as he has done many times.
- Rajkumar watched the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Delhi Capitals (DC) on May 6, 2023. He rang the start bell; a video of Virat seeking blessings from his childhood coach before the match went viral on social media.
A healthy meet and greet🤗@imVkohli Catching up with his childhood coach👌🏻👌🏻#TATAIPL | #DCvRCB | @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/YHifXeN6PE
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 6, 2023
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