Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma (5 January 1948 – 20 October 2010) was an Indian

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er. Sharma was born in

Alwar Alwar (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, �lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region and the administrative headquarters of Alwar district, Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. ...

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and played in five Test matches and two

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s from 1974 to 1977. He played

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for

in the

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from 1962 to 1963 (when he made his debut a few days before his 15th birthday) to 1984–85. In the beginning of his career he kept wickets too, but later gave up keeping and became an off spinner. He was a master of playing spin bowling and people compared him to Vijay Manjrekar the way he handled the turning ball. In 1977–78 he captained Rest of India to an innings victory over

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in the

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, scoring 206, his highest score, and taking four wickets. His best bowling figures came against

Vidarbha Vidarbha (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �id̪əɾbʱə is a geographical region in the east of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a Proposed states and union territories of India#Maharashtra, proposed state of central India, comprising th ...

in 1974–75, when he took the first six wickets in the second innings to finish with 6 for 26, then hit the highest score of the match, 54 not out, to give Rajasthan victory by eight wickets.Vidarbha v Rajasthan 1974–75
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"Parthasarathy Sharma: A talented all-rounder" by Abhishek Mukherjee
1948 births 2010 deaths India Test cricketers India One Day International cricketers Indian cricketers Rajasthan cricketers Central Zone cricketers Indian Universities cricketers Indian Starlets cricketers Rajasthani people Deaths from cancer in India Rajasthan cricket captains People from Alwar Cricketers from Rajasthan {{India-cricket-bio-1940s-stub