Legends League Cricket: Meet Manan Sharma- The Star Bowler For Gujarat Greats Who Took 6 Wickets

Manan Sharma, the prolific bowler from Gujarat Greats completely destroyed Southern Superstars Batting lineup as he took six wickets. The Shikhar Dhawan led Gujarat Greats won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Despite Gujarat Greats' tight bowling Southern Superstars managed to score 144/9 in 20 overs.

Manan Sharma Steals The Show With His Lethal Bowling

In 4 overs Manan just gave away 17 runs and took 6 wickets, this included one maiden over as well. His lethal bowling kept all the batters on their toes and there was a point where the opposition was at a mere score of 88 and had already lost 8 wickets.

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The sole performer from Southern Superstars was Chaturanga de Silva, he scored 53 quickfire runs off 28 balls. He helped lift the team score to respectable 144 runs.

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A respectable score on the board, courtesy De Silva's gritty innings 💥

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Manan Sharma & Shikhar Dhawan: The Top Performers For Gujarat Greats

Manan Sharma sent Martin Guptill back for 22 runs, Masakadza for 20 runs, Kedar Jadhav for 1 run, captain Dinesh Karthik for 18 runs, and both Chirag Gandhi and Subodh Bhati for a duck. Except for Manan, Liam Plunkett and Seekuge Prasanna took one wicket each. In this match, Sreesanth remained wicketless, as he bowled 4 overs and conceded 26 runs to anyone without having any success.

Manan Sharma's sizzling bowling could not salvage Gujarat Greats from defeat as the batting line-up crumbled terribly. It was only skipper Shikhar Dhawan's knock of 52 runs which made him a standout performer.

Gabbar ne yaadein taaza kardi 🤌🏽@SDhawan25

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Pawan Negi was the top wicket taker for Southern Superstars, he bagged 3 crucial wickets by giving away only 13 runs.

Manan Sharma's Career

Manan Sharma's first came to spotlight in 2010 when he was picked for the Under-19 squad for the World Cup to be played in New Zealand.

He made first-class debut two years later. Pretty soon he became Delhi's premier spinner finishing at the top as Ranji Trophy wicket-taker for two successive seasons, 2014-15 and 2015-16. He took 35 wickets across eight matches of that period and played a crucial role during Delhi's super-strong campaign in 2015-16 after Pradeep Sangwan, they just missed knockout by one point.

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Manan took career-best figures of 11 for 162 in a four-wicket win over Haryana. He remained in fine form in the Vijay Hazare 50-over tournament and the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 competition. The Kolkata Knight Riders acquired him for INR 10 lakh at the IPL auction in February 2016.

In 2021, Manan, son of former Indian cricketer Ajay Sharma announced his retirement from all forms of the game.