Vivrant Sharma (born 30 October 1999) is an Indian domestic

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er. An integral part of the Jammu & Kashmir middle order, he came into the limelight for his explosive batting in the 2022-23 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He was Jammu & Kashmir's highest run scorer in the tournament amassing 395 runs at an average of 56.42. He made his

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debut on 4 November 2021, for Jammu & Kashmir in the

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. After spending a year with

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as a net bowler, he was bought by them for Rs 2.6

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, 13 times his base price in the

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auction. He was released by

in November 2023 after just one season.

Early life

Vivrant Sharma was born on 30 October 1999 in the state of

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. Vivrant pursued his schooling in BSF senior secondary school and shifted his focus to cricket post his intermediate studies. After losing his father Sushil Sharma at the age of 14 to a

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, Vivrant's brother Vikrant took over the family responsibilities and made Vivrant concentrate on developing his cricket skills. Vivrant started off as a right-handed batter, but in his sixth standard, following the footsteps of his brother Vikrant, he switched to become a left-handed batter and a

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bowler.

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* 1999 births Living people Indian cricketers Jammu and Kashmir cricketers People from Jammu Cricketers from Jammu and Kashmir {{India-cricket-bio-1999-stub