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{{short description|Indian cricket player and politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Chetan Sharma
| image =Chetan Sharma Cricketer.jpg
| caption =
| country = India
| fullname =
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|01|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ludhiana]], [[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]]
| height = 5 ft 3 in<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharyya |first=Gautam |date=24 June 2019 |title=Cricket World Cup 2019: Mohammad Shami's seam position best, Chetan Sharma says |url=https://gulfnews.com/amp/sport/cricket/cricket-world-cup-2019-mohammad-shamis-seam-position-best-chetan-sharma-says-1.64808194 |access-date=16 September 2022 |website=[[Gulf News]] |quote=At five feet three inches, Sharma was quite a spunky customer who shared the new ball with the legendary Kapil Dev […] |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163523/https://gulfnews.com/amp/sport/cricket/cricket-world-cup-2019-mohammad-shamis-seam-position-best-chetan-sharma-says-1.64808194 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| role = [[All rounder (cricket)|All rounder]]|
| international = true
| testdebutdate = 17 October
| testdebutyear = 1984
| testdebutagainst = Pakistan
| testcap = 167
| lasttestdate = 3 May
| lasttestyear = 1989
| lasttestagainst = West Indies
| odidebutdate = 7 December
| odidebutyear = 1983
| odidebutagainst = West Indies
| odicap = 45
| lastodidate = 11 November
| lastodiyear = 1994
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| odishirt =
| club1 = [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1982/83–1992/93}}
| clubnumber1 =Sussex
| club2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| year2 = 1993/94–1996/97
| clubnumber2 =
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| matches1 = 23
| runs1 = 396
| bat avg1 = 22.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 54
| deliveries1 = 3470
| wickets1 = 61
| bowl avg1 = 35.45
| fivefor1 = 4
| tenfor1 = 1
| best bowling1 = 6/58
| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 65
| runs2 = 456
| bat avg2 = 24.00
| 100s/50s2 = 1/0
| top score2 = 101[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 2,835
| wickets2 = 67
| bowl avg2 = 34.86
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = 3/22
| catches/stumpings2 = 7/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 121
| runs3 = 3,714
| bat avg3 = 35.03
| 100s/50s3 = 3/21
| top score3 = 114[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 19,934
| wickets3 = 433
| bowl avg3 = 26.05
| fivefor3 = 24
| tenfor3 = 1
| best bowling3 = 7/72
| catches/stumpings3 = 71/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 107
| runs4 = 852
| bat avg4 = 23.66
| 100s/50s4 = 1/2
| top score4 = 101[[not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 4,504
| wickets4 = 115
| bowl avg4 = 31.42
| fivefor4 = 1
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 5/16
| catches/stumpings4 = 20/–
| date = 24 December
| year = 2020
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33949.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Chetan Sharma''' {{audio|Chetan_Sharma.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 3 January 1966) is a retired Indian [[cricket]] player who played Tests and ODIs as a fast bowler for [[Indian cricket team]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1"/> Sharma was the first man to take a hat-trick in a [[Cricket World Cup]], achieving this feat in the [[1987 Cricket World Cup]] against New Zealand. His hat-trick was also the first time an Indian bowler took one in the [[One Day International|ODI]] format.

After retirement he appeared as a cricket pundit at multiple Indian TV news networks. On 24 December 2020, he was selected as chairman of the selection committee of Indian cricket team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BCCI appoints Chetan Sharma as chairman of selection committee|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/cricket/bcci-appoints-chetan-sharma-as-chairman-of-selection-committee20201224205755/|access-date=2020-12-24|website=ANI News|language=en|archive-date=24 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224152908/https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/cricket/bcci-appoints-chetan-sharma-as-chairman-of-selection-committee20201224205755/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2022, he was sacked from the position of BCCI national chief selector after team India's exit from the [[ICC Men's T20 World Cup|2022 T20 World Cup.]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=BCCI sacks senior men's selection committee and invites fresh applications |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcci-sacks-senior-mens-selection-committee-and-invites-fresh-applications-1345401 |access-date=2022-11-18 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118164545/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcci-sacks-senior-mens-selection-committee-and-invites-fresh-applications-1345401 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later BCCI re-appointed him.<ref name=123cr/>

==Domestic career==
He made his [[first class cricket|first class]] debut for [[Punjab]] at the age of 17 and appeared in One Day Internationals a year later.

==International career==

Making his first appearance in Tests against Pakistan at [[Gaddafi Stadium|Lahore]] in 1984, he bowled [[Mohsin Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Mohsin Khan]] with his fifth ball – becoming the third Indian to take a wicket in his first over in Test cricket. He took fourteen wickets in the three Tests in [[Sri Lanka]] in 1985. Later that season in [[Australia]], with India needing a win in the last match of the league to qualify for the final of the [[World Series Cup]].

Sharma was an important member of the Indian team that defeated [[English cricket team|England]] 2–0 in 1986. He took sixteen wickets in the two Tests that he played. He took 10 wickets at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Birmingham]], including a career best 6 for 58 in the second innings. It remains the only [[10 wicket haul]] by an Indian in England. He also is one of the few Indian pacers, like his mentor Kapil Dev, to take a [[5 wicket haul]] in his 32 over spell to end with 5-64 and also have his name permanently etched in the Hall of Fame board at Lord's Cricket Ground. Though only twenty at this time, he picked up frequent injuries which restricted his career. When available, he was the first choice as the opening bowler with Kapil Dev for the next three years.

For his ability to get useful runs down the order that too at quick rate, Chetan was seen as a natural successor to Kapil Dev in the all-rounder category. By the early nineties, his bowling dropped in pace and its sharpness and his strike rate had dropped considerably.

===1987 World Cup===
In the [[1987 Cricket World Cup|Reliance World Cup]] in 1987, Sharma took the first [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] in the history of tournament when he clean bowled [[Ken Rutherford (cricketer)|Ken Rutherford]], [[Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer)|Ian Smith]] and [[Ewen Chatfield]] of [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] off consecutive balls.

===Post World Cup===
He played the most noted innings of his career against England in the Nehru Cup in 1989. Sent in at No.3 with India facing a target of 256, he scored a 101* in 96 balls, completing his hundred with the match-winning run. He made another important contribution in India's win against [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] in the next match, sharing an unfinished partnership of 40 runs with [[Manoj Prabhakar]] and ending the match with a six. But his bowling had waned considerably and he was excluded from the tour of Pakistan a few weeks later.

===Late career===
Sharma received few opportunities thereafter. In one of his last international appearances, against New Zealand in a three nations tournament in 1994 he ended up with figures of 1–0–23–0 after being hit for five fours off consecutive balls by [[Stephen Fleming]]. He moved from Haryana to Bengal in 1993 and stayed there till the end of his career in 1996.

Sharma is also infamously remembered for bowling the last over in the [[1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final|final]] of the [[Austral-Asia Cup|Austral-Asia cup]] in Sharjah in [[1986 Austral-Asia Cup|1986]]. With Pakistan needing four runs off the last ball to win, he bowled a low [[full toss]] outside the [[Stump (cricket)#Part of the wicket|leg stump]], which was hit for six by [[Javed Miandad]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Javed Miandad, Chetan Sharma and the 'Unforgettable' Sharjah Six|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/javed-miandad-chetan-sharma-and-the-unforgettable-sharjah-six-3651890.html|access-date=2021-07-13|publisher=News18 India|language=en|archive-date=13 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713134437/https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/javed-miandad-chetan-sharma-and-the-unforgettable-sharjah-six-3651890.html|url-status=live}}</ref> That defeat started a chain of defeats for [[India national cricket team|Indian cricket team]] in [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah]].

==After cricket==
After his retirement, Chetan became a cricket [[Sportscaster|commentator]]. He opened a Fast bowling cricket academy in [[Panchkula]] in Haryana in 2004 which closed down in 2009. Chetan is the nephew of the former Indian cricketer [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]].

===Political career===

Chetan contested the [[Lok Sabha]] (2009) polls from [[Faridabad]] on a [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP) ticket.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.outlookindia.com/elections/loksabha/2009/haryana/faridabad/prithla| title = Assembly Election Results 2018: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Mizoram {{!}} Outlook Magazine| access-date = 15 April 2018| archive-date = 22 June 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140228/https://www.outlookindia.com/elections/loksabha/2009/haryana/faridabad/prithla| url-status = live}}</ref> He came 3rd polling 18.2 percent votes. He subsequently joined the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] (BJP),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-09-15 |title=Cricketer Chetan Sharma quits BSP, joins BJP |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cricketer-chetan-sharma-quits-bsp-joins-bjp/story-ia4jzLUuATiDYiPyD8K7wL.html |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117111849/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cricketer-chetan-sharma-quits-bsp-joins-bjp/story-ia4jzLUuATiDYiPyD8K7wL.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and was appointed party's sports cell convener.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=Sportspersons seek BJP ticket |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryana/news-detail-835850 |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117111849/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryana/news-detail-835850 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===As Chief selector===

In December 2020, he was elected as chairman of the selection committee of Indian cricket team.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-24|title=Chetan Sharma named BCCI's new Chairman of selectors; Kuruvilla and Debashish Mohanty also included|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/chetan-sharma-abbey-kuruvilla-and-debashis-mohanty-as-new-members-of-bcci-senior-selection-committee-pti/story-wd9p9A7JTXvUOJgytvrm7N.html|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|archive-date=13 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713134945/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/chetan-sharma-abbey-kuruvilla-and-debashis-mohanty-as-new-members-of-bcci-senior-selection-committee-pti/story-wd9p9A7JTXvUOJgytvrm7N.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in November 2022, he was sacked from the position after team India's exit from the T20 Cricket World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BCCI sacks senior men's selection committee and invites fresh applications |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcci-sacks-senior-mens-selection-committee-and-invites-fresh-applications-1345401 |access-date=2022-11-18 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118164545/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcci-sacks-senior-mens-selection-committee-and-invites-fresh-applications-1345401 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, he was re-appointed on the same post upon applying for it.<ref name=123cr>{{Cite web |url=https://www.india.com/sports/chetan-sharma-gets-re-appointed-as-bccis-mens-senior-selection-committee-chairman-5842901/ |title=Chetan Sharma re-appointed ''India.com'' |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216181331/https://www.india.com/sports/chetan-sharma-gets-re-appointed-as-bccis-mens-senior-selection-committee-chairman-5842901/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Controversy and resignation====
In February 2023, he courted controversy when he got filmed in a sting operation which alleged that Indian cricketers take injections to expedite their return to the national team, despite being only 80 to 85% fit; he also revealed that [[Virat Kohli]] lied to media in 2021 that BCCI removed him from ODI captaincy without discussing to defame then BCCI president [[Sourav Ganguly]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/sports/the-bcci-sting-kohli-vs-ganguly-performance-injections-more-what-chetan-sharma-revealed/2982546/|newspaper=The Financial Express|location=India|title=The BCCI Sting: Kohli vs Ganguly, performance injections and more – What Chetan Sharma revealed|access-date=15 February 2023|archive-date=15 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215145353/https://www.financialexpress.com/sports/the-bcci-sting-kohli-vs-ganguly-performance-injections-more-what-chetan-sharma-revealed/2982546/|url-status=live}}</ref> He resigned from the post of chief selector a few days after the release of sting operation.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64673645|date=17 February 2023|title=Chetan Sharma: India's top cricket selector quits after TV sting}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=33949}}
* Christopher Martin-Jenkins, ''The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers''

{{India Squad 1984 Asia Cup}}
{{India Squad 1987 Cricket World Cup}}

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