Jitesh Sharma was one of the vital constant performers for Punjab Kings within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 and his strike price of 159.24 is presently the fifth highest total for any batter with greater than 500 runs within the competitors. With Rishabh Pant sidelined because of harm, the Indian cricket crew has been on the lookout for a wicket-keeper batter to exchange him and forward of the West Indies tour, Jitesh’s title was doing the rounds. However, 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 minimize.

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

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

“They were quite welcoming. Rahul (Dravid) sir told me that you are doing very well and these are the kind of players that we are looking for. When I told him that I want to score big runs, he told me that at the position you play, runs don’t matter, impact matters. The more you contribute towards the win, that will be important for the team. When there’s a collapse and you go out to bat around 7-8 overs, the team will be 4-5 wickets down, so you can’t do much and just need to believe in your game. You have to take that score to a certain level so that the team can fight for it,” the wicket-keeper batter added.