Ankit Sharma (cricketer)

Ankit Nagendra Sharma (born 20 April 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Puducherry in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.

Ankit Sharma

Personal information
Full name	Ankit Nagendra Sharma
Born	(1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 34) Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009/10–2020/21	Madhya Pradesh
2012	Deccan Chargers (squad no. 2)
2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 5)
2014–2015	Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 18)
2016–2017	Rising Pune Supergiants (squad no. 12)
2018	Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 18)
2022/23-present	Puducherry
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 December 2021

In the 2015–16 season of Ranji Trophy, Ankit was the second-highest wicket-taker for Madhya Pradesh, picking up 33 wickets in 9 matches. Ankit also took his career-best bowling figures of 7 for 91 against Andhra Pradesh in that season, helping his team to quarter-final stage.

He scored his first century (104 runs) playing for Madhya Pradesh at Indore against Baroda during Ranji Trophy 2017-18 session.

In January 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction.^[1]