Ashutosh Sharma: Gabbar’s disciple, serious allegations on the coach, once in depression, Ashutosh Sharma, who was in 31 balls

Last updated:March 25, 2025, 11:58 IST

Ashutosh Sharma is a resident of Ratmal, a small district of Madhya Pradesh. Under the Impact Player Rules, Ashutosh created a panic in IPL 2024 whenever he landed on the field.

Story of Ashutosh Sharma, the new hero of Delhi Capitals

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals have got a new hero. On the night of 24 March, ‘Impact Sub’ Ashutosh Sharma took out all the Nawabi of Lucknow Supergiants. When the entire team had returned to half the team for just 65 runs. The defeat was fixed. Then only one season old Ashutosh took the front alone and won his team by one wicket with three balls with a stormy innings of 66 runs in 31 balls.

Chandrakant Pandit allegations
26 -year -old Ashutosh hit five fours and the same sixes during his innings. But this journey was not so easy for him. Till a few years ago, he was in depression. He had made serious allegations against his Madhya Pradesh coach Chandrakant Pandit (the current coach of KKR). Ashutosh said that despite the performance, he was not selected in the team. Despite scoring 90 runs in 45 balls in the trial match, he was dropped from the team. The Mushtaq Ali Trophy had three fifty in six matches, but still the team did not get an entry.

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Talk to Shikhar Dhawan on video call
Like Dhoni, Ashutosh also got a job offer from the railway, which changed his life. After defeating Lucknow, he first spoke to his former Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan on a video call last night. Gabbar gave Ashutosh the first opportunity in the IPL.

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Delhi bought for Rs 3.80 crore
Ashutosh, who made her debut in IPL 2024, was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 20 lakh. In his first four innings of IPL, he hit 31 off 17 balls, 33*off 15 balls, 31 off 16 balls and 61 runs off 28 balls. It was a poor decision of Punjab Kings to not retain Ashutosh. In such a situation, in the mega auction of 2025, he was added by Delhi Capitals for Rs 3 crore 80 lakh.

Fifty’s record in just 11 balls
You should not be surprised to know that Ashutosh’s name is the record for the fastest T20 half-century by the Indian batsman. He scored a half -century on just 11 balls against Arunachal Pradesh while playing for the railway in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.