Abhishek Sharma is an Indian international cricketer born on 4 September 2000 in Amritsar, Punjab. A left-handed opening batsman and occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he has gradually established himself on the Indian cricket scene. The son of Raj Kumar and Manju Sharma, he grew up in Amritsar with his two elder sisters and was educated at Delhi Public School. Recognised early on as a young cricket talent, he is today considered one of the rising figures of the sport in India.
Several specialised biographical sources describe him as Hindu. This indication appears consistent with certain observable public elements, notably temple visits and references to devotional practices in his own words.
Several Indian biographical websites dedicated to cricket, including Sportsdunia, Icecric and OneCricket, indicate that Abhishek Sharma is of Hindu faith and comes from a Punjabi Hindu family. These remain secondary sources of moderate reliability, but they are consistent with certain public behaviours of the player.
The most direct element comes from an interview given to *The Nod Mag*. Abhishek Sharma describes his morning routine in these terms: *”I wake up and listen to prayers, maybe the Hanuman Chalisa, I meditate, then I journal. It’s really important because it helps me prepare for the day.”* The Hanuman Chalisa is a Hindu devotional text dedicated to the god Hanuman. The fact that he mentions it spontaneously therefore constitutes the clearest indication, in his own words, of a spiritual dimension connected to Hinduism.
Other elements point in the same direction. Several media outlets have reported his visits to Hindu temples. He notably visited the Karmanghat Hanuman temple in Hyderabad before a match of his team, the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Another widely covered episode shows him praying at the Shri Govind Dev Ji temple, a Hindu temple dedicated to Krishna located in Jaipur, where he reportedly lost one of his shoes after his visit. These public gestures are consistent with Hindu practice, without however amounting to a formal confessional declaration.
It is important to distinguish established facts from elements that remain unconfirmed. To date, Abhishek Sharma has not given an interview in which he explicitly and formally declares himself to belong to the Hindu religion. Nor has he publicly elaborated on his theological beliefs or his personal relationship with spirituality beyond the few elements mentioned above.
Regarding his caste, the available information is not consistent. One source mentions a “Punjabi Brahmin” family, while another explicitly states that he prefers to keep such personal details private. In the absence of confirmation on his part, this information cannot therefore be retained with certainty.
Similarly, no reliable information has been found regarding any formal religious education. It is only known that he attended Delhi Public School, without his formative years having been documented from a religious perspective. No significant rumours or controversies related to his religion have moreover been identified in the available sources.
Abhishek Sharma is hindu. This information has been officially confirmed.
No, the available sources do not allow us to claim that Abhishek Sharma is Sikh. Punjab is indeed a region historically associated with the Sikh community, but a person's geographical origin is obviously not sufficient to determine their religion. Abhishek Sharma was born in Amritsar, a holy city for Sikhs, but several specialized biographical sources describe him as Hindu. His public gestures — visits to Hindu temples, listening to the Hanuman Chalisa — are also consistent with this affiliation. The question of a possible belonging to the Sikh community has never been raised by the individual himself, and no reliable source consulted points in that direction.