Himanshu Sharma

Himanshu Sharma is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Early life:

He began playing his cricket in Sikar but soon moved to Jaipur in order to take up and pursue the sport of cricket seriously. He had never played competitive cricket at any level and only began playing cricket in 2017. His father was a volleyball player who played at state level for Rajasthan before becoming a teacher.

Domestic Career:

• Himanshu’s talent was spotted by the scouting team of the Royal Challengers Bangalore as part of RCB’s Hinterland Scouting system, just a year prior to the buildup ahead of the highly anticipated 2023 IPL auction. The Hinterland Scouting system deployed by RCB franchise significantly uses Artificial intelligence to cash in and find talents from several relatively less known areas of India.
• He was also invited for trials by Royal Challengers Bangalore camp even before he was actually purchased by RCB during the 2023 IPL auction which was held in December 2022.
• He was tested by the team head coach Sanjay Bangar and by the spin bowling coach Sridharan Sriram who were left impressed by his trials.
• In February 2023, he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore during the auction for the 2023 Indian Premier League for INR 20 lakhs.
• Prior to being bought by RCB at the 2023 IPL auction, much to the surprise Himanshu Sharma had never played competitive cricket.
• He eventually made his IPL debut as well as T20 debut during the second innings of the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans.