Sanjeev Sharma, born on 25th August, 1965, in Delhi, was an Indian Cricket Player and also played cricket as Delhi Cricket player who functioned chiefly as a right-arm medium pace bowler. He could also perform as a right-hand batsman, when required. This emerging bowling talent was reckoned as a probable opening partner to the awesome Kapil Dev. Hence, the expectations were quite high during the 1980s. Sanjeev Sharma`s inaugural match in Test cricket was the third Test of the India vs. New Zealand series, held in Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh, from 2nd to 6th December in 1988.
In his very debut Test, he has captured 3 wickets, by bowling for 17 over. The skilled Sanjeev Sharma kindled high hopes of prosperity for Team India, at the beginning. His second Test performance was in the England vs. India at the famous Lord`s, from July 26th to 31st, in 1990. In the first innings, he bowled for 33 overs and conquered the wicket of AJ Lamb. While in the second innings, Sanjeev bowled for 17 overs and did better. Sanjeev Sharma grabbed the two wickets of GA Gooch and MA Atherton, respectively. In Test Cricket, his total run was 56 and highest score was 38. In bowling, Sanjeev took 6 wickets, by giving out 247 runs out of 414 balls.
Sanjeev Sharma made his ODI debut, much before that of his Test career. His first ODI was an India vs. West Indies match, played at the historic grounds of Eden Gardens, Calcutta (presently Kolkata), on January 2, 1988. Though he couldn`t contribute a single run, yet he was successful in taking the wicket of CA Walsh. The last ODI was the England vs. India match, on just before his last Test, being on July 20, 1990. Sanjeev Sharma gathered, a single wicket, the wicket of PAJ De Freitas, sending him out of the crease after the batsman`s score of only one run. In ODIs, Sanjeev had played 23 matches and his total run in these matches is 80. His highest score is 28 with an average of 10.00. In bowling, he has taken 22 wickets, by losing out 813 runs out of 979 balls.
Batting and Fielding Averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
| Tests | 2 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 38 | 28.00 | 80 | 70.00 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 23 | 12 | 4 | 80 | 28 | 10.00 | 135 | 59.25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| First-class | 89 | 107 | 30 | 2785 | 117 | 36.16 | 3 | 16 | 39 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 61 | 35 | 13 | 573 | 58 | 26.04 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
Bowling Averages
| Mat | Inns | Inns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
| Tests | 2 | 4 | 414 | 247 | 6 | 3/37 | 3/50 | 41.16 | 3.57 | 69.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 23 | 22 | 979 | 813 | 22 | 5/26 | 5/26 | 36.95 | 4.98 | 44.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 89 | 14982 | 7621 | 235 | 8/76 | 32.42 | 3.05 | 63.7 | 8 | 0 | |||
| List A | 61 | 2602 | 2059 | 47 | 5/26 | 5/26 | 43.80 | 4.74 | 55.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
After a 20 years long career in cricket, Sanjeev Sharma declared his retirement from the competitive sport in November 2004. If not a highly popular player, yet Sanjeev Sharma, achieved considerable success in field of Cricket, attributed to his own mettle
