Retirement
Back home, he failed completely against the touring Pakistanis. In the three day match for North Zone against the West Indians at Amritsar, he hit Viv Richards for four consecutive sixes. But two more failures in the international matches against them virtually ended his career. He appeared in four one day matches against England the next year and scored more than ten in only one.
Sharma left Punjab and joined Haryana in 1987-88. He spent another two years with Railways. At the age of 37, he was still good enough to score hundreds in consecutive matches in 1991 - 92.
After he retired from the game, he became an umpire for a time, and has also been a selector for the Indian national team. Yashpal was the uncle of Chetan Sharma who went on to represent India.
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