Sanchit Mohan Sharma (born 22 July 2001) is an Indian-born

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.

Personal life

Sharma grew up in Ajman along with his sister

Khushi Sharma Khushi Sharma (born 21 August 2002) is an Indian-born women's cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. Personal life Sharma grew up in Ajman along with her brother Sanchit Sharma, who made also his debut for the ...

, who made her debut for the UAE women's team in 2021. Their Indian father Brij Mohan Sharma moved to the UAE in 1990 to work as a mechanical engineer, later establishing a metal trading firm there. He played cricket at high levels in his home state of Haryana.

Career

In October 2021, he was named in the UAE's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the

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tournament. He made his T20I debut on 7 October 2021, against Ireland. Before his T20I debut, he was named in the UAE's squad for the

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. In March 2023, he was named in UAE's squad for the

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. He made his

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(ODI) debut on 27 March 2023, for the UAE against Papua New Guinea in that tournament.

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* 2001 births Living people Emirati cricketers United Arab Emirates Twenty20 International cricketers People from the Emirate of Ajman Indian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates People from Sonipat Cricketers from Haryana {{UnitedArabEmirates-cricket-bio-stub