Rajkumar Sharma is a

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and a former

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player. He was born in

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on 18 June 1965. Sharma was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm

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bowler. He represented Delhi in

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(1986-1991) matches and also some

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matches. On 29 September 2016, He was awarded

Dronacharya Award The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a cha ...

for his coaching. He appointed coach of

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for

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from 29 to 31 March 2019. Rajkumar Sharma is now a bowling coach of the senior men’s team of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) Sharma founded West Delhi Cricket Academy on 30 May 1998. The academy is known for training batsmen like

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West Delhi Cricket Academy
Indian cricketers 20th-century Indian sportsmen Delhi cricketers 1965 births Living people Recipients of the Dronacharya Award {{India-cricket-bio-1960s-stub