With a century on debut for Karnataka in Ranji Trophy against Vidarbha (103, 161b, 20x4), in November 2018, 23-year-old B.R. Sharath, a dashing wicket-keeper-batsman, has progressed well and with his string of good performances in the U-23 group for Karnataka, he earned selection to represent India U-23 team for the ODI series against Bangladesh during September 2019 and performed well by scoring 42, 55 and 35 respectively for India.
Coming from a cricketing background, Sharath entered the game at an early age and represented Karnataka in the U-14, U-16, U-19, U-23 and Ranji Trophy. He won the Best Batsman Award in 2016 given by BCCI for his outstanding performance in the Vinoo Mankad and Cooch Behar Trophy.
