Rahul Sharma

Punjab leg-spinner Rahul Sharma received his maiden international call-up on 29 September 2011 when he was named in the 15-man Indian squad for the first two ODIs (in the five-match series) against England that gets underway on October 14.[caption id="attachment_96531" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="Rahul Sharma (R) comes into the Indian team in place of the out-of-form Harbhajan Singh. Punit Paranjpe/AFP"][/caption]Sharma, 24, comes into the team in place of Harbhajan Singh who is horribly out of form.Sharma has taken 16 wickets in nine First-class matches. His Twenty20 record is better having scalped 29 wickets in 28 matches at an economy rate of 6.40.The 6'4" leggie plays for Pune Warriors in the IPL. This season, he claimed 16 wickets at an economy rate of 5.46. His fantastic performance put him in the national spotlight.However, Sharma said, he did not expect to break into the national side so early. "I didn't expect it (the call-up) to come. It was unbelievable when Parthiv Patel disclosed the news to me."Early on in his career, Sharma suffered from Bell's Palsy which affected his vision.