Sharad Vesawkar शरद भेषावकर

Personal information

Born

6 October 1988 (age 28)
UAE

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm off break

Role

Batsman

Website

www.sharadvesawkar.com

International information

National side

Nepal (2014–2015)

T20I debut (cap 11)

16 March 2014 v Hong Kong

Last T20I

17 July 2015 v Papua New Guinea

T20I shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2011–2013

APF (National League)

2014–2014

Panchakanya Tej (NPL)

2015–2015

Sudur Pashchimanchal Academy (SPA Cup)

Career statistics

Competition	T20I	FC	LA	T20
Matches	10	4	16	32
Runs scored	199	170	296	489
Batting average	19.90	34.00	24.66	23.28
100s/50s	0/0	0/2	0/4	0/0
Top score	40	89	78	44
Balls bowled	–	24	–	6
Wickets	–	0	–	0
Bowling average	–	–	–	–
5 wickets in innings	–	0	–	0
10 wickets in match	–	0	–	0
Best bowling	–	–	–	–
Catches/stumpings	3/–	2/–	1/–	8/–

Source: CricketArchive, 1 August 2015

Sharad Vesawkar शरद भेषावकर) (born 6 October 1988) is a Nepalese cricketer. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm off break bowler.He made his debut for Nepal against UAE in March 2004.

He is currently the no. 80 ranked T20I batsman in the world, achieving the 250 rating benchmark on 17 July 2015.

Sharad Vesawkar became the third Nepalese cricketer to score an international century, when he slammed an unbeaten 105 off 134 balls against Fiji during the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five in February 2010.

He is the captain of Panchakanya Tej of the Nepal Premier League. He also represents the APF Club of the National League and Sudur Pashchimanchal Academy, which plays in the SPA Cup.

Personal life

Sharad Vesawkar was born and raised in UAE, as the second son of Dilip Vesawkar, an engineer, and his wife Himali. He, along with his brother, Mahendra, learnt to play cricket in his childhood in the country. The family returned to Nepal in 1995 after his father's retirement.^[5]

International career

Vesawkar first represented his country at Under-15 level, playing in the Under-15 Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates in December 2002. In his second match against Qatar Under-15s he scored a century to win the man of the match award.

He first played at Under-19 level in April 2003 on a tour of India. Later in the year, he played in the Youth Asia Cup in Karachi and won the man of the match award in the final against Malaysia Under-19s. The following year he played in the ACC Under-17 Cup in India and the 2004 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh.

In 2004, he made his début for the Nepal senior side in what was also his first first-class match against the UAE in the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup. He also played an Intercontinental Cup match against Malaysia the next month. He also played in the 2004 ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur that year in addition to ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Singapore, the UAE and Hong Kong.

In 2005, he played ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Malaysia,the UAE and Hong Kong. The games against the UAE and Hong Kong also counted towards the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup. He played in the ACC Under-19 Cup in Nepal that November. He played for Nepal Under-19s in a second Under-19 World Cup in February 2006.

In March 2006 he played in a play-off match against Namibia to decide the final spot in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup. Needing an outright win to qualify, Nepal could only secure a draw after there was no play on the first day. Later in the year he played on a tour of Pakistan with Nepal in addition to playing in the ACC Trophy and ACC Premier League.

Career highlights

Sharad Vesawkar is a player who gained popularity among the supporters as a defensive batsman when he first came to reckoning in 2004, however, to one’s surprise he portrayed a batsman completely opposite to his pro-claimed identity in 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier which exuberantly lead Nepal to the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.

His game play drastically transformed from a toddler/nudger to an aggressive player who happens to be an extremely attacking player when needed. He blasted three sixes when 17 runs were required in the last over as Nepal completed their highest ever chase of 183 runs against Kenya^[12] during the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier which recorded one of the most unprecedented victories in history of Nepalese and Associate cricket.

He continued his form smashing 10 of the 13 required, and took a single off the last ball leading to a nail-biting five-wicket victory against Hong Kong in the quarter-final of the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. In the match against UAE for third position, he scored an unbeaten 43 runs off just 29 balls including two sixes in first two balls of last over to seal the match. In short, Sharad's batting played a pivotal part leading Nepal to the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.

Sharad started his career in 2004 and faced many difficulties. Lack of citizenship was the worst thing he faced over the years. He finally got his citizenship before the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier and in return he paved the path of 2014 ICC World Twenty20 for Nepal.

He scored an unbeaten 91 off just 45 balls against Singapore in the knock-out match of the Sagarmatha Cement Journey to World Cup tournament in December 2013. He scored 32 runs off the thirty-ninth over that includes 5 SIXes and a two.

He also scored 40 runs against Bangladesh and 37 runs against Afghanistan in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.

In August 2014, he traveled to the United States as he was called to play for the Punjab Lions in a Chicago-based tournament. He also played in the North Texas League during the weekends.

Man of the Match awards

The following list illustrates all the matches in which Vesawkar won Man of the Match award while representing Nepal in international series/tournaments.