Abhishek Sharma was born on 04th September 2000 in Amritsar, Punjab, India. His father Raj Kumar is a former cricketer and an employee at the Bank of India in Amritsar.
Abhishek Sharma was brought by Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 55 lakh at the IPL auction in Jan, 2018. In 2018, he made his T20 debut for the Delhi Daredevils. In 2019 season, he went from Delhi Daredevils to SRH.
He first came into the limelight a century on his U-19 debut for Punjab (Vinoo Mankad Trophy). Sharma was the leading run-scorer in the 2015-16 .