Uttarakhand / Haridwar : Yashpal Sharma, a member of the 1983 World Cup winning team at BHEL Stadium, played a fascinating innings

In the match between SBI Delhi and Ranipur XI held in 1990-91 at the Sports Stadium in BHEL, Yashpal Sharma, a member of the 1983 World Cup winning Indian team, hit such a tremendous six over the deep cover that the organizers were able to find the ball. It had taken fifteen minutes. In this match, he played an attractive innings of 65 not out. This sight is still remembered by the cricket lovers of Haridwar. All the members of his team were Ranji Trophy players. All the former cricket players of Haridwar condoled the death of Yashpal Sharma and prayed to God to give his soul a place at his feet. Yashpal Sharma, who was a member of the Indian team in the 1983 Cricket World Cup won under the captaincy of former captain Kapil Dev, died recently at the age of 66 due to cardiac arrest. Indermohan Barthwal, Secretary, Cricket Association of Haridwar told that Yashpal Sharma played a fascinating innings in Haridwar. It was our good fortune that we got the opportunity to play with him. Yashpal Sharma of soft nature In 1990-91, a cricket match was organized on behalf of State Bank of India in BHEL Haridwar. Yashpal Sharma, being a senior officer of SBI, had come to Haridwar as a captain with the team of SBI Delhi Circle to organize the cricket match. While the captain of the team of SBI Ranipur XI was Nagpal. In the team of SBI Ranipur, there were famous players like Chandramohan Barthwal, Indramohan Barthwal (Public Sector Player), Pavinder Singh, Sajal Banerjee, Brijmohan, Narendra Pali. These players were counted among the best cricketers in Haridwar. But the crowd gathered in the stadium to watch Yashpal Sharma’s batting. When Yashpal Sharma came to bat, the audience applauded him. Yashpal Sharma made excellent shots all around the BHEL Stadium during the match. The opposition team still remembers the six that came out of the deep cover from his bat. Sajal Banerjee was bowling at that time. Yashpal Sharma was standing in front of him at the crease. When Yashpal Sharma hit the shot, the ball went missing across the stadium from over deep cover. It took a long time for the organizers to find the ball. His shot was greeted by standing applause from the audience. Ranipur team player Indermohan Barthwal took a brilliant catch of Ranji Trophy player Shivam Sharma by hitting a dive on the covers. Yashpal Sharma himself patted Indra Mohan Barthwal on the back for this brilliant catch.