Chetan Sharma

Trivia

• Chetan will be contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha (2009) polls from Faridabad on a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ticket.
• He opened a cricket academy in Panchkula in Haryana in 2004.
• After his retirement, Chetan became a cricket commentator.
• In the Reliance World Cup in 1987, Sharma took the first hat-trick in the history of tournament when he clean bowled Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield of New Zealand off consecutive balls.
• Sharma was an important member of the Indian team that defeated England 2-0 in 1986. He took sixteen wickets in the two Tests that he played. He took 10 wickets at Birmingham, including a career best 6 for 58 in the second innings.
• Making his first appearance in Tests against Pakistan at Lahore in 1984, he took a wicket with his fifth ball in Test cricket. He took fourteen wickets in the three Tests in Sri Lanka in 1985.
• He made his first class debut for Haryana at the age of 16 and appeared in one day internationals a year later.
• Sharma was coached by Desh Prem Azad, a Dronacharya Award winner, who was also the mentor of Kapil Dev.
• Chetan Sharma was a medium pace bowler who represented India in cricket.