{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = New Zealand | fullname = Avinash Sunil Sharma | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|9|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Whangārei, Northland, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | club1 = Oxford University | year1 = 2010 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 185 | bat avg1 = – | 100s/50s1 = 1/– | top score1 = 185* | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 2 January | year = 2022 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/465822.html Cricinfo }}
'''Avinash Sunil Sharma''' (born 15 September 1981 in Whangārei, New Zealand), made his first class debut for Oxford University cricket team in 2010, scoring 185 not out in the Varsity Match, the oldest first class fixture in cricket, dating back to 1827.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/465822.html |title=Avinash Sharma |work=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=2016-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/444073.html |title=Varsity Match: Oxford University v Cambridge University at Oxford, Jul 6-9, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard |work=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=2016-04-22}}</ref> He is the brother of former Oxford cricket captain Rajiv Sharma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/399330.html |title=Rajiv Sharma |work=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=2016-04-22}}</ref>
Avinash Sharma holds the record for the highest ever score on first class debut in the Varsity match. This is also the highest ever score on debut by a New Zealander in a first class cricket match.
Sharma was a William Georgetti Scholar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0907/S00037.htm |title=Kudos For Three Postgraduate Students |website=Scoop.co.nz |date=2009-07-09}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cricketarchive|id=981712}} * {{cricinfo|id=465822}}
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