Virender Sharma (born 11 September 1971) is an Indian internationalumpire and formercricketer.^[1] He played in fiftyfirst-class and fortyList A matches forHimachal Pradesh between 1990 and 2006.^[1][2] Sharma stood as an umpire in theTwenty20 tour match betweenIndia A vs South Africa on 29 September 2015.^[3]

In November 2016 during theRanji Trophy match betweenMumbai and Uttar Pradesh, Sharma was forced to stand at both ends for the entire day 2, after the other umpireSam Nogajski was taken ill with food poisoning. The reserve umpire at the venue was not a member of the BCCI panel, which meant that he could only stand at square leg.^[4]

In March 2017, he stood in the final of the2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy.^[5] On 10 January 2020, he stood in his firstTwenty20 International (T20I) match, in the fixture betweenIndia and Sri Lanka.^[6] One week later, on 17 January 2020, he stood in his firstOne Day International (ODI) match, in the fixture betweenIndia and Australia.^[7]

In January 2021, theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) named him as one of the on-field umpires for thesecond Test match betweenIndia and England.^[8] On 13 February 2021, he stood in his first Test as an onfield umpire, between India and England.^[9][10]

In January 2023, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.^[11][12]

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