IPL 2023: Who is Vivrant Sharma? SRH's Rs 2.60 crore buy who created panic in MI camp during his debut innings

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IPL 2023: Vivrant Sharma made the opportunity county and blasted 69 runs off 47 balls - the highest by an Indian in IPL history - in his side Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH) dead-rubber last league match against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday.

Coming to open the innings alongside Mayank Agarwal, Vivrant blasted nine fours and two sixes to create panic in the Mumbai Indians camp. SRH are already out of the IPL 2023 playoffs race. MI, on the other hand, need to win their last match to stand a chance to qualify.

MI will wish for RCB to lose their match against Gujarat Titans (GT) later today (May 21) in the last league match of the season. MI would need to beat SRH by 82 runs or chase 200 with balls to spare to get past RCB's Net Run Rate (NRR).

Therefore not only a win but NRR will also play a massive role for the side. Mumbai Indians took the field with an aim to put SRH under the pump but the new opening pair marred their plans completely.

Mayank scored 83 off 46 but it was Vivrant's knock which stole the show. The duo stitched together a 140-run stand from just 83 balls and laid a solid platform for the rest of the batters. SRH fumbled towards the end but managed to post 200/5 courtesy Mayank and Vivran't knock.

Who is Vivrant Sharma?

• Vivrant Sharma is a 23-year-old from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). He is a left-hand batter who also bowls leg-spin bowling.
• Vivrant Sharma made his domestic debut with Jammu and Kashmir in February 2021. He took the field for J&K in List A match against Saurashtra Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground in Kolkata on February 21.
• Vivrant Sharma scored 66 off 82 while opening in his debut List A innings and later picked two wickets for 33 runs in four overs.
• The southpaw made his T20 debut in the same year against Andhra.

All you need to know about Vivrant Sharma

• In his debut T20 match on November 4, 2021, Vivrant bowled one over and leaked 12 runs for no wicket. With the bat, he scored 8 off 6 while opening for J&K.
• Vivrant Sharma made his first-class debut in December 2022 against Madhya Pradesh. He dismissed MP opener Yash Dubey in the first innings before scoring 34 while opening in the first innings. He got out for a golden duck after MP asked Jammu and Kashmir to follow-on.
• Till date, Vivrant Sharma has played 7 first-class matches, 14 List A matches and 13 T20I matches
• Vivrant Sharma made his IPL debut against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on May 7, 2023. The SRH all-rounder did not bat but bowled two overs for 18 runs and no wickets in Jaipur.
• Vivrant's second IPL match was against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). However, he did get a chance to bat or bowl.
• Vivrant Sharma, who was bought by SRH for Rs 2.60 crore in IPL 2023 auction, batted for the first time in IPL against Mumbai Indians (MI) on May 21 and scored 69 off 47
• He broke Swapnil Asnodkar's record for most runs by an Indian batter in debut IPL innings. Asnodkar had scored 60 for RR against KKR in IPL 2008. Gautam Gambhir scored 58 not out runs for Delhi Capitals (DC) against RR in IPL 2008. He is third on the list now.
• Fellow J&K cricketers and SRH teammates Umran Malik and Abdul Samad have inspired Vivrant in his cricketing journey. Samad also took Vivrant to practice in SRH nets.