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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Ajay Sharma<br />
| image = <br />
| country = India<br />
| fullname = Ajay Kumar Sharma<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|4|3|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India<br />
| bowling = [[Slow left-arm orthodox]]<br />
| role = [[Batsman]]<br />
| family = [[Manan Sharma]] (son)<br />
| international = true<br />
| onetest = true<br />
| testdebutdate = 11 January<br />
| testdebutyear = 1988<br />
| testdebutfor = India<br />
| testdebutagainst = West Indies<br />
| testcap = 182<br />
| odidebutdate = 2 January<br />
| odidebutyear = 1988<br />
| odidebutfor = India<br />
| odidebutagainst = West Indies<br />
| odicap = 64<br />
| lastodidate = 16 November<br />
| lastodiyear = 1998<br />
| lastodifor = India<br />
| lastodiagainst = West Indies<br />
| club1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]<br />
| year1 = 1984–2000<br />
| club2 = [[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
| year2 = 2000–2001<br />
| columns = 4<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 1<br />
| runs1 = 53<br />
| bat avg1 = 26.5<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 30<br />
| deliveries1 = 24<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–<br />
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]<br />
| matches2 = 31<br />
| runs2 = 424<br />
| bat avg2 = 20.19<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/3<br />
| top score2 = 59<br />
| deliveries2 = 1,140<br />
| wickets2 = 15<br />
| bowl avg2 = 58.33<br />
| fivefor2 = 0<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 3/41<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 26/–<br />
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches3 = 129<br />
| runs3 = 10,120<br />
| bat avg3 = 67.46<br />
| 100s/50s3 = 38/36<br />
| top score3 = 259[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries3 = 6,438<br />
| wickets3 = 87<br />
| bowl avg3 = 31.01<br />
| fivefor3 = 1<br />
| tenfor3 = 0<br />
| best bowling3 = 5/34<br />
| catches/stumpings3 = 94/–<br />
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]<br />
| matches4 = 113<br />
| runs4 = 2,814<br />
| bat avg4 = 36.07<br />
| 100s/50s4 = 2/20<br />
| top score4 = 135[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries4 = 3,985<br />
| wickets4 = 108<br />
| bowl avg4 = 28.37<br />
| fivefor4 = 2<br />
| tenfor4 = 0<br />
| best bowling4 = 5/30<br />
| catches/stumpings4 = 43/–<br />
| date = 14 December<br />
| year = 2009<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1877/1877.html CricketArchive<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ajay Kumar Sharma''' ({{Audio|Ajay_Sharma.ogg|pronunciation}}) (born 3 April 1964) is a former Indian cricketer.<br />
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Sharma was a prolific run-maker in [[first-class cricket]], mainly for [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]], scoring over 10,000 runs at the high average of 67.46.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1877/1877.html|title=Ajay Sharma (Cricket Archive)|accessdate=2006-06-09}}</ref><br />
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== Domestic career ==<br />
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In the [[Ranji Trophy]], Sharma scored a record 31 centuries<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Series/Ranji_Trophy/Batting_Records/Most_Hundreds.html Ranji Trophy - Most Hundreds] Cricket Archive</ref> and his batting average of approximately 80 in this competition is second only to Vijay Merchant.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/87472.html Ajay Sharma in elite company] Cricinfo</ref><ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/87471.html Breakup of Ajay Sharma's first-class statistics] Cricinfo</ref> In the 1996-97 season, he became only the third player to score over 1000 runs in a Ranji Trophy season. He played in six Ranji Trophy finals for Delhi scoring centuries in four of them, but only twice ended up on the winning side (1985–86 and 1991–92). Sharma also regularly represented [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]] in the [[Duleep Trophy]].<br />
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== International career ==<br />
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Despite his domestic scoring record, Sharma only played one [[Test cricket|Test match]] for [[India national cricket team|India]] - against the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] in January 1988.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63469.html 4th Test: India v West Indies at Chennai, 11-15 January 1988] Cricinfo</ref> He played 31 [[One Day International]]s for India from 1988 to 1993.<br />
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In December 1988, he scored back-to-back fifties against New Zealand, but he did not reach those heights again except for a 59 not out (his highest ODI score) against Zimbabwe in March 1993.<ref>[http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/33943.html?class=2;template=results;type=batting;view=innings Ajay Sharma - ODI innings-by-innings batting list] Statsguru, Cricinfo</ref> He finished with 424 runs at a batting average of 20.19. Sharma also took 15 wickets using his left-arm spin with a best of 3/41 against Australia in October 1989.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65927.html India v Australia at Bangalore, 27 October 1989] Cricinfo</ref><br />
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== Life ban ==<br />
In 2000, aged 36, his career ended when he received a life ban from cricket after he was implicated in a match-fixing scandal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/33943.html|title=Ajay Sharma|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/86235.html|title=Padiham withdraw Sharma contract|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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In September 2014, Sharma was cleared from all charges related to match-fixing by Delhi district court and has asked the BCCI to allow him to take part in the board's activities and those of its associates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/778261.html|title=Ajay Sharma cleared in match-fixing case|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/139699.html|title=Remembering KP Bhaskar|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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He retired from active cricket and is now invested in running multiple franchises of laundry and dry-cleaning brand UClean in Delhi NCR and Punjab.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of cricketers banned for match fixing]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=33943}}<br />
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{{India Squad 1988 Asia Cup}}<br />
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