Yashpal Sharma is a former Indian cricketer and one of the most explosive batsmen to play in the middle order for India in the 1980s. He rose to fame after scoring 89 against West Indies in the opening match of the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
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Yashpal Sharma was born on Wednesday, April 11, 1954, in Ludhiana, Punjab (age 66 at the time of death). His zodiac sign is Leo. He started his professional cricket career in 1972 by scoring 260 runs for Punjab Schools against Jammu and Kashmir Schools. After performing well in the domestic circuit, he was selected for the Indian team in October 1978. Legendary actor Dilip Kumar recommended his name to the National Indian Selection Committee. He was selected for the 1979 Cricket World Cup but did not get a chance to play in any match. But in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, he played 8 games and scored 240 runs. In the World Cup semi-final against England, he scored 61 points. After that, his form declined and he missed several games. But his approach to work at home was consistent, and he worked for the railroad for two years. After retiring from cricket, he worked as an Indian cricket umpire, national team selector and later as coach of the Uttar Pradesh Ranji team. He died of cardiac arrest on July 13, 2021.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair color: natural black
Eye color: dark brown
family
Parents and siblings
His father’s name is Prem Chand Sharma and mother’s name is Pratibha Sharma. He has an elder brother named Ghanshyam Sharma.
wife and children
He is married to Renu Sharma.
Yashpal Sharma and his wife
The couple has a son, Chirag Sharma, and two daughters, Pooja Sharma and Preeti Sharma.
Yashpal Sharma’s daughter
His nephew’s name is Chetan Sharma, a former Indian cricketer.
Chetan Sharma
Signature/Autograph
Signed by Yashpal Sharma
Profession
international debut
test
Against England at Lord’s Cricket Ground on 2 August 1979.
Foreign Direct Investment
Against Pakistan on October 13, 1978 at Connelly Park (now Jinnah Stadium) in Sialkot.
Record
He is the second player to score no duck in his ODI career.
Statistical data
batting statistics
Test matches – 37 innings – 59 not out – 11 runs – 1606 Highest score – 140 Average – 33.45 100s – 250s – 90s – 4
One-day internationals – 42 innings – 40 not out – 9 runs – 883 Highest score – 89 Average – 28.48 Balls faced – 1401 Strike rate – 63.02100s- 050s- 40s- 0
bowling statistics
Test match – 37 innings – 3 overs – 5.0 Maidens – 2Runs – 17Wickets – 1BBI – 1/6BBM – 1/6 Average – 17.00 Economy – 3.40 Strike rate – 30.05W – 010W – 0
One Day Internationals – 42 Innings – 8 Overs – 33.3 Maidens – 0 Runs – 199 Wickets – 1BBI – 1/27 Average – 199.0 Economy – 5.94 Strike Rate – 201.04w – 05w – 0
He made his debut for Punjab schools against Jammu and Kashmir schools in 1972, scoring 260 runs. Within two years, he was in the Punjab national team. He was also a member of the North Division team that won the Vizzy Trophy. His first major innings in first-class cricket was in the Duleep Trophy in North Zone against star players such as Chandrasekhar, Errapalli Prasanna and Venkatarabhavan. composed of the Southern District.
Yashpal Sharma
In the 1974-75 season, Yashpal Sharma represented Punjab in the Ranji team against Uttar Pradesh. He scored hundreds in both innings. Suddenly, he learned that a big shot came to witness the game. Yashpal thought it must be some senior politician. But to his surprise, the man turned out to be legendary actor Dilip Kumar. After the game, he invited Yashpal for a chat and congratulated him on his century score. He further added,
“I would recommend your name to others.”
The next day, Yashpal’s picture surfaced along with Dilip Kumar. He learned that Dilip had recommended his name to noted cricket administrator Raj Singh Dungarpur. He told Dungarpur that Yashpal deserves to play for India. That’s when Yashpal’s life changed forever.
Newspaper clippings of Yashpal Sharma and Dilip Kumar 1974-75
In 1978, he made his debut for India on the tour of Pakistan, scoring 99 runs in the Iran Cup. He was also a member of the Indian team that participated in the 1979 Cricket World Cup. However, he did not play in any World Cup matches. He subsequently scored 884 points on tour, averaging 58 points. He made his debut in a Test match at Lord’s in 1979, where his outstanding performance secured his place for the remainder of the tour. His first Test hundred came against Australia in Delhi. He missed out on his century by scoring an unbeaten 85 off 117 balls in Kolkata (now Calcutta). But with 3.4 rounds remaining in the day’s play, he appealed to Light and the fight was called off.
Yashpal Sharma’s outstanding performance against England in 1979
His highest first-class finish came against Victoria in the 1980-81 season, when he scored an unbeaten 201 runs. In the Adelaide Test of the series, he partnered with Sandeep Patil and scored 147 runs off 47 runs. He has since been removed from the team. In 1981-82, he scored 140 in a comeback match against England in Madras. The innings included his partnership with Gundappa Viswanath to score 316 runs for the third wicket. He was hit in the head by Malcolm Marshall at a match in Port of Spain the next year and was forced to retire. After returning in the same innings, he scored fifty runs. He was subsequently selected for the Indian team for the 1983 Cricket World Cup. In his first match, he scored 89 runs to help India defeat world champions West Indies for the first time in the World Cup. Unfortunately, for some reason, this game was not televised. During that inning, he was hit multiple times in the chest by Malcolm Marshall. In that World Cup semi-final against England, he played 61 innings. One of the most memorable knocks of that innings was a flicked six over square leg against a yorker. Talking about that shot, he said:
“I’ve never practiced like this. It just happened on the spur of the moment. I covered the stumps to get a better catch but Willis played the ball towards my stumps and I just reacted. I never did Never hit that ball.”
His World Cup tour ended with him becoming India’s second-highest scorer in that tournament.
Yashpal Sharma during a Test match against England at The Oval in August 1979
1983 World Cup winners India meet Rajiv Gandhi and Lata Mangeshkar
After this World Cup, Yashpal failed to achieve big results during his tour of Pakistan. However, in a practice match for North Zone against West Indies in Amritsar, he hit Vivian Richards for four consecutive sixes. Subsequently, he failed to score 10 runs in any of the four ODIs against England in the 1984-85 season. In 1987-88, he left Punjab to join Haryana. He also worked for the railroad for two years. The 37-year-old scored 100 points in consecutive games during the 1991-92 season. After retiring from all forms of cricket, he served as an umpire for a time and then became a selector for the Indian national team.
Yashpal Sharma referees
From 2003 to 2006, he served as a selector for the Indian national team. From 2008 to 2011, he was again a selector for the Indian national team. India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup when he was a selector for the national team. He later served as the coach of the Uttar Pradesh Ranji team. In 2014, he became the Chairman of Delhi Cricket Advisory Committee.
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die
Yashpal Sharma passed away due to cardiac arrest at 7:40 am on July 13, 2021, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Facts/Trivia
- Since Yashpal was an explosive batsman, all his bats were named ‘Badam bats’ as he would put some almonds in his pocket while batting to get energy from them.
- He is one of the most health-conscious Indian cricketers. He is a complete vegetarian and only eats soup in the evening and then goes for a walk.
- There is a Bollywood movie called “83” that tells the story of India winning the 1983 Cricket World Cup. The movie was released on December 24, 2021 and stars Jatin Sarna as Yashpal Sharma.
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