Ajay Kumar Sharma, born on April 13, 1964, in Delhi, was a right-hand batsman. The first-class player of first-class cricket, had at ease achieved a fascinating and towering 10,000 runs. He was the third batsman to obtain these mountainous 10,000 runs.

Occasionally, this batting genius, had served as a left-arm slow orthodox bowler. Ajay Sharma entered the arena of Test cricket in the India Vs West Indies Test, held at Chennai, from January 11-15, in 1988. Curiously enough, this happened to be the only Test, he had taken part in the way of his entire career as a cricketer. His was a modest performance in the debut and singlemost Test. He accumulated 30 runs in the first innings, and 23 in the second. However, Ajay Sharma was given the opportunity to participate in 31 One-Day Internationals. Indeed, before, introducing himself to Test cricket, he shot into the limelight of the ODI .

His ODI debut was the India Vs West Indies at Kolkata, on January 2, 1988. Somehow, his left-arm spin helped in turning him into somewhat close to an all-rounder. This ensured his stay in the Indian team for sometime. The last ODI of Ajay Sharma was the India Vs West Indies at Ahmedabad, on November 16, 1993. Although Ajay Sharma could not earn for himself enough renown in the sphere of international cricket, he was a big name in Delhi cricket.

In 1999-2000, he established himself in the acme of his perfection. He was elected as the topmost run scorer of the Ranji Trophy. He has an awesome record of 31 centuries in Ranji cricket. Ajay Sharma , was indeed a stalwart of domestic cricket in India.