Former India cricketer Yashpal Sharma, 1983 World Cup winner, dies of heart attack
Yashpal Sharma Death News: Former Indian cricketer and 1983 World Cup winner Yashpal Sharma on Tuesday passed away due to a heart attack. He was one of the heroes in India's World Cup triumph in 1983.
Yashpal Sharma had played a pivotal role in the 1983 world cup as he had scored 240 runs at an average of 34.28 including match-winning innings of 60 runs against England in the semi-finals.
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He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son. Former Punjab cricketer was one of the gifted middle-order batsmen for the then Indian cricket team. In a career spanning from 1979 to 1983, he had played 37 Tests for India. He scored 1606 runs with two centuries and 9 fifties.
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He made his debut in 1979 against England and sealed his position in the middle order. He received limelight following his 260-runs inning for Punjab schools against Jammu and Kashmir schools in 1972.
Within two years, he made his place in the state team and a member of the North Zone team that bagged the Vizzy Trophy.
In First-class cricket, his major innings was a 173 in the Duleep Trophy for North, against the South Zone. The South Zone had the likes of Chandrasekhar, Erapalli Prasanna, and Venkataraghavan.
Soon after news of Yashpal Sharma's death surfaced, the cricket fraternity was in a state of shock.
-PTC News
