Overview
- The 37-year-old fast bowler announced his retirement on Instagram on December 3, thanking the Haryana Cricket Association, mentor Anirudh, the BCCI, IPL franchises, teammates, support staff and his wife, and said he hopes to serve the game in fresh ways.
- Sharma’s career spanned roughly 14 years from his 2011 Haryana debut, including 26 ODIs and 8 T20Is for India and a standout 2015 ODI World Cup where he claimed 13 wickets.
- He rose in the IPL with Chennai Super Kings under MS Dhoni, winning the 2014 Purple Cap, and finished with 134 wickets in 120 matches across CSK, Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals.
- After missing out in 2022, he staged a late-career resurgence with Gujarat Titans, taking 27 wickets in 2023 and 13 in 2024 as a trusted death-overs specialist known for slower balls and cutters.
- In 2025 he managed two wickets in eight games for Delhi Capitals at a high economy rate, and the franchise released him ahead of the December 15 mini-auction in Abu Dhabi.