Talk:Chetan Sharma

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A fact from Chetan Sharma appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 November 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Chetan Sharma, a former Indian cricketer, was the first Indian ever to get a ten wicket haul overseas, taking 10/188 against England in a Test Series in 1986?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/November.

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 17:39, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bowling Speed[edit]

Please let me know if there are any sources to back up this claim:

"Sharma was the fastest bowler for India during the 1980s, clocking speeds above 140km/h constantly. The fastest ball he ever bowled is clocked at a speed of 144km/h (89 mph)"

Vinit ajgaonkar (talk) 02:21, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Height of Chetan Sharma[edit]

He's not more than 5'7" , I know him personally, having played more than 20 matches for Mohun bagan with him in the same team, I used to be an opening bat, you can google my name too. He was shorter to me by at least 3 inches and he is approx. 5 feet 7 inches. Hope this information helps you, kindly verify the same as you have a global reputation to keep up. Shome Kapoor (talk) 22:25, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully I was of some help to you in this way, as I noticed something wrong with his height you have published which needs to be changed Shome Kapoor (talk) 22:27, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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