Jitesh Sharma was probably the most constant performers for Punjab Kings within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 and his strike price of 159.24 is presently the fifth highest general for any batter with greater than 500 runs within the competitors. With Rishabh Pant sidelined attributable to damage, the Indian cricket workforce has been searching for a wicket-keeper batter to exchange him and forward of the West Indies tour, Jitesh’s identify was doing the rounds. Nonetheless, the choice committee went with Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson because the choices in white-ball cricket. In a latest interplay, Jitesh opened up about lacking the reduce.

“Only one sentence, ‘God has a much bigger plan for me’,” Jitesh mentioned in an interview with Cricket.com.

Jitesh was part of the India squad for the house collection towards New Zealand and Sri Lanka. He opened up about his experiences with the facet and what he learnt from head coach Rahul Dravid.

“They had been fairly welcoming. Rahul (Dravid) sir informed me that you’re doing very effectively and these are the form of gamers that we’re searching for. Once I informed him that I need to rating large runs, he informed me that on the place you play, runs do not matter, impression issues. The extra you contribute in direction of the win, that can be vital for the workforce. When there is a collapse and also you exit to bat round 7-8 overs, the workforce can be 4-5 wickets down, so you may’t do a lot and simply must consider in your recreation. You must take that rating to a sure stage in order that the workforce can battle for it,” the wicket-keeper batter added.