Ashutosh, who plays for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) will find traces of home at Hampshire which is now owned by the GMR Group (co-owners of the DC franchise in the IPL).
He holds the record for the fastest T20 fifty by an Indian player when he smashed a half-century off just 11 balls for Railways against Arunachal Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a domestic T20 competition in India.
A batting all-rounder, Sharma has scored over 350 runs for Delhi Capitals across the last two IPL seasons, where he has averaged 31.25 with the bat at a strike rate of 170.
In List A cricket, he has scored 458 runs in 21 matches and has taken six wickets in his career with his right-arm medium pace.
Sharma began his career with Madhya Pradesh in 2017 and has featured in 92 matches to date.
He was first picked up in the IPL by Punjab Kings and made his debut as an Impact Substitute, where he smacked 31 off 17 balls, before being signed by Delhi Capitals for INR 3.80 crore (approx. £290k) ahead of the 2025 IPL.
“We’re really pleased to sign Ashutosh for the One-Day Cup. He is a player of great potential and has done well for Delhi Capitals in the IPL recently so knows what it’s like to perform to a high standard. We look forward to welcoming him into the group and seeing what he can do in a Hampshire shirt as we look to go one step further than last year in the competition,” Giles White, Hampshire’s Director of Cricket said in a statement.
Published on Jul 20, 2026
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