Ashutosh Sharma: The player who used to wash other people's clothes washed Lucknow, the story of Ashutosh becoming a hero
IPL 2025, Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants: Delhi defeated Lucknow by one wicket in the fourth match of the Indian Premier League 2025. The hero of this victory was right-handed batsman Ashutosh Sharma, who scored an unbeaten 66 off 31 balls to give Delhi a sensational victory.
Ashutosh Sharma… This name is on the lips of fans all over the world right now. This player has done such a great job. It should not be called work but a miracle because when a team loses 5 wickets in 40 balls and is chasing 210 runs, even then you make the team win, then it is magic. Ashutosh Sharma did the same against Lucknow. This right-handed batsman played an unbeaten innings of 66 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 5 fours. This player also made a half-century partnership with Vipraaj Nigam in just 19 balls and in this way Delhi snatched the match from Lucknow. The story of how Ashutosh Sharma made Delhi win the match and how he rose from rags to riches is very interesting.
This is how Ashutosh Sharma won the match
Delhi Capitals was struggling against Lucknow. They lost 5 wickets in just 6.4 overs. Magark, Sameer Rizvi, Akshar Patel, Du Plessis were all out, after this Ashutosh Sharma came to the crease and he also faced trouble. Ashutosh scored only 20 runs in the first 20 balls, but he scored 46 runs in the next 11 balls.
Ashutosh Sharma started his hitting from the 16th over. This player made his intentions clear by hitting 3 fours and a six in Prince Yadav's over. In the 18th over, Ashutosh made the match exciting by hitting 2 sixes and a four in Ravi Bishnoi's over. In the 19th over, Ashutosh Verma again hit a six and a four in Prince Yadav's over. Now Delhi needed 6 runs in the last over. Mohit Sharma escaped getting out on the first ball and he took a run on the second ball. After this, Ashutosh gave Delhi a historic victory by hitting a six on Shahbaz Ahmed's ball. This was the biggest victory of Delhi team while chasing.
How Ashutosh rose from rags to riches
Today the world is saluting Ashutosh Sharma but there was a time when this player was struggling on the streets. This player left home at the age of just 8 years. Ashutosh Sharma was born in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh and he came to Indore to become a cricketer. At the age of just 10, Ashutosh earned his living by doing small jobs. Ashutosh told in an interview that he did not have money to eat. To earn his living, he umpired in small matches and even washed people's clothes. But former Indian cricketer Amay Khurasiya changed his life.
Khurasiya worked on his game and he reached the Madhya Pradesh team. However, due to some other reason, he had to leave that team and join the Railways team and he also got a job there. Ashutosh Sharma then came to IPL. Punjab bought him for 20 lakhs, where he performed brilliantly. His luck changed further in 2025. This time Delhi bet on him, bought him for Rs 3.8 crore and now see how he has started proving this amount right from the very first match.
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