In the Ranji Trophy, Sharma scored a record 31 centuries[2] and his batting average of approximately 80 in the competition is second only to Vijay Merchant.

Despite his strong domestic record, Sharma only played one Test match for India - against the West Indies in January 1988.

[7] In 2000, aged 36, his career ended when he received a life ban from cricket after he was implicated in a match-fixing scandal.

[8][9] In September 2014, Sharma was cleared from all charges related to match-fixing by Delhi district court and has asked the BCCI to allow him to take part in the board's activities and those of its associates.

[10][11] He retired from active cricket and is now invested in running multiple franchises of laundry and dry-cleaning brand UClean in Delhi NCR and Punjab.