Amid the ongoing IPL 2025 season, former Mumbai Indians batter Shivalik Sharma has been accused of rape, with a case registered against him in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The complaint was filed by a woman who alleged that Sharma entered into a sexual relationship with her after their engagement, but later withdrew from the commitment.

ACP Anand Singh Rajpurohit, who is leading the investigation, confirmed that the case was officially registered at Kudi Bhagatasani Police Station. 

"A woman, a resident of Sector 2, Kudi Bhagatasani, has levelled allegations against cricketer Shivalik Sharma. The woman had gone for a walk in Vadodara in February 2023, where she met Shivalik. Their friendship gradually turned into a romantic relationship, and they would speak for hours over the phone. Both families met in 2023, and the couple got engaged. After their engagement, they engaged in physical relations,” said Rajpurohit as quoted by Sportstak.

The police further revealed that in August 2024, the woman was invited to Baroda by Sharma, only to be told by his parents that the relationship could no longer continue. The woman, feeling betrayed, proceeded to file a complaint under charges of rape. Medical examinations and her court statement have already been recorded, and the police are now actively searching for the cricketer.

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Shivalik Sharma, a native of Baroda, was picked by the in the IPL 2024 mini auction for his base price of INR 20 lakh. Although he did not play a game for the franchise, he was touted as a promising left-handed batter who had come through the ranks in domestic cricket.

Sharma had played under Krunal Pandya’s captaincy for Baroda and has decent numbers across formats.

In first-class cricket, he has scored 1,087 runs from 18 matches, including three centuries and five fifties, averaging 43.48. His highest score is 188. In T20s, he has 349 runs from 17 games at a strike rate of 147.88.

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He recently featured in the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 484 and 155 runs respectively. He also smashed 235 runs from nine innings at a strike rate of 155.62 in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.