Early life
Sharma was born on 4 September 2000 in Amritsar, in Punjab, India, into a Punjabi Hindu family to parents, Manju and Raj Kumar Sharma. He is the youngest of three, with two elder sisters, Komal and Sania. Sharma completed his schooling from Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, Delhi Public School in the Rama Krishna Puram neighborhood of South West Delhi. He is a friend of Shubman Gill since childhood and they used to open the innings for Punjab cricket team (India), Punjab in the under-14s. Yuvraj Singh played a role in coaching Sharma during the COVID-19 lockdown in India, COVID-19 lockdown period.Career
Sharma scored a century in his maiden U-16 match in the domestic cricket tournament for the 2015–2016 Vijay Merchant Trophy. He scored 1,200 runs at an average of 109.09. He then made his U-19 debut for Punjab in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy in 2016. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Punjab in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2017. He led Punjab to their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy win in the 2023–24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2023-24 season finishing as the second-highest run scorer of the tournament with 485 runs from ten innings at an average of 48.50 and a strike rate of 192.46, registering two hundreds and three fifties. Sharma played in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy for Punjab. On 28 February 2021, playing for Punjab against Madhya Pradesh cricket team, Madhya Pradesh, he scored the fastest hundred by an Indian in List A cricket, in 42 balls. Sharma captained the Indian team to victory at the 2016 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, 2016 U19 Asia Cup and was the player of the match during the final. He also led the team during an ODI series against England under-19 cricket team, England U19 in 2017. He was a key member of the team that won the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, 2018 U19 World Cup. He scored a half-century against Bangladesh national under-19 cricket team, Bangladesh in the quarterfinal match of the tournament.Franchise career
In January 2018, he was bought by Delhi Daredevils in the List of 2018 Indian Premier League personnel changes, 2018 IPL auction for Rs 5.5 million. In May, he made his debut and went on to score 46 runs off 19 balls. In February 2022, he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2022 Indian Premier League, 2022 edition. During the tournament, he played 14 matches and scored 426 runs. In 2024 Indian Premier League, 2024, he scored the fastest fifty for SRH against Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. He also finished the season with 484 runs in 16 matches and a strike rate of 200. He was the second highest run-scorer for the team after Travis Head. He won the Most Sixes award for hitting the highest number of sixes (42) in the tournament. During the 2025 Indian Premier League, 2025 season, Sharma hit his first century of the league in 40 balls during the match against Punjab Kings. He scored 141 runs off 55 balls, the highest individual score by an Indian in the List of Indian Premier League records and statistics#Individual batting records, league's history. It was also the third highest individual score of all time. Additionally, it was the highest score by an SRH batter and the fifth-fastest hundred witnessed by the league.International career
Sharma was called up for India's Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2024, 2024 tour of Zimbabwe and he made his international debut in the first match on 6 July. He scored his maiden T20I century in the second match of the series, making 100 runs at the Harare Sports Club. In 2025, he made the highest individual score for India in T20Is, making 135 runs from 54 balls against England cricket team, England. His innings included 13 sixes and seven fours and was India's second fastest T20I century. Following the innings, he rose to second in the men's T20I world rankings.International centuries
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