Who is Ashok Sharma: The 9th match of the Indian Premier League was played between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals on 4th April. Was played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. This match was the most interesting match of this season so far. In this high scoring match, Rajasthan Royals defeated home team Gujarat Titans by 6 runs, but in this match, Gujarat’s fast bowler Ashok remained in the limelight, he remains in the news because of his fast bowling. In this match, Ashok bowled the fastest ball of IPL 2026. He bowled the last ball of the 16th over of Rajasthan’s innings to Dhruv Jurel at 154.2KMPH. Let us know who is Ashok Sharma?

Who is Ashok Sharma?

Fast bowler Ashok Sharma, resident of Rajasthan, is currently 23 years old. He plays domestic cricket only for Rajasthan. Ashok has been performing well in domestic cricket. Till now he has played 4 first class matches, 7 List A and 12 T20 matches. He has 14 wickets in first-class cricket, 13 in List A and 12 in T20.

Rajasthan and Kolkata have been part of IPL

Ashok Sharma was first a net bowler in Rajasthan Royals. After this, he got his first IPL contract in the year 2022. Kolkata Knight Riders bought Ashok for Rs 55 lakh. However, he did not get a chance to play even a single match for Kolkata. After this, Ashok was added by Rajasthan Royals in the mega auction of IPL 2025 for Rs 30 lakh, but he did not get a chance to play for Rajasthan either. However, in the mini auction of IPL 2026, Gujarat Titans bought Ashok for Rs 90 lakh. Ashok has played two matches so far in the IPL this season and has taken two wickets. It will be interesting to see Ashok in further matches.