Joginder Sharma: The man, who won 2007 T20 World Cup, is now Haryana Police Officer

After 2007, Joginder Sharma's cricketing career swiftly declined prompting him to focus more on his future with Haryana Police. Pic courtesy ABP Live

March 10, 2016, NewsCrunch

Joginder Sharma, the man who bowled the famous last over in the 2007 T20 World Cup against Pakistan is back in news, though as a police man.

Sports Illustrated broke the news that  the lanky bowler, whose career faded after helping India lift the T20 World Cup is now an officer in Haryana police.

The magazine says Joginder Sharma is a DSP rank officer, while a few reports which did follow up, say he has risen through the ranks and is now a DCP, that places him in the elite rung of the police force.

A closeup photo shows him sporting three stars and that makes him a DSP, but we are not sure when this photo was taken.

Whatever his rank, Joginder Sharma, who gave the nation a near heart attack in 2007 finals, is doing well. He has put on little weight and looks happy. He is also the captain of Haryana Police Cricket team by the way.

If you remember the 2007 finals, Dhoni seemed to have had more faith in Joginder Sharma, than the man himself. The India captain had to pick between the experienced Harbhajan Singh and the rookie Joginder Sharma.

Joginder Sharma had a tough task. Pakistan had to score 13 off 6 balls - not a difficult task with the in-form and rampaging Misbah at the crease. The first ball was a wide and the third ball went for a six.

Then Misbah decided it was harakiri time and went for a reverse sweep, giving a comfortable catch to Sreesanth, who incidentally is also out of the team, thought for entirely different reasons.

After the win, Haryana offered a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh and a job as DSP to Joginder Sharma, both of which he accepted. Records show that the man from Rohtak went through police training in 2007 itself.

Though he tried his luck in IPL as well, Joginder Sharma's cricketing career swiftly declined prompting him to focus more on catching criminals.

Video: JS bowls the last heart-wrenching over against Pakistan in 2007 T20 World Cup