Virender Sharma (born 11 September 1971) is an Indian international umpire and former

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er. He played in fifty first-class and forty

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matches for

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between 1990 and 2006. Sharma stood as an umpire in the

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tour match between India A vs South Africans on 29 September 2015. In November 2016 during the

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match between Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh, Sharma was forced to stand at both ends on day 2, after the other umpire

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was taken ill with food poisoning. In March 2017, he stood in the final of the

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. On 10 January 2020, he stood in his first

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(T20I) match, in the fixture between India and Sri Lanka. One week later, on 17 January 2020, he stood in his first

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(ODI) match, in the fixture between India and Australia. In January 2021, the

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(ICC) named him as one of the on-field umpires for the second Test match between India and England. On 13 February 2021, he stood in his first Test as an onfield umpire, between India and England. In January 2023, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Virender 1971 births Living people Indian cricketers Indian cricket umpires Indian Test cricket umpires Indian One Day International cricket umpires Indian Twenty20 International cricket umpires Himachal Pradesh cricketers People from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

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