Jitesh Sharma Height, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Biography & More 2024

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jitesh Sharma

• Jitesh Sharma is an Indian wicketkeeper, who performs for Vidarbha in Indian home cricket. A right-handed batsman, Jitesh is related to the Indian Premier League (IPL) (as of 2022). BCCI named Jitesh within the Indian T20 International squad for India’s three-match T20 sequence towards Sri Lanka in January 2023. Jitesh changed Sanju Samson within the staff after Samson suffered a knee harm within the first match of the sequence.

• Jitesh grew up in a middle-class family in Amravati, Maharashtra.
  

  Jitesh Sharma’s childhood image

• Jitesh dreamt of becoming a member of the Indian armed forces since childhood.

• Following Jitesh’s distinctive efficiency within the 2012-13 Cooch Behar Trophy, Sharma was added to the senior staff of Vidarbha in 2013. He scored 537 runs together with two centuries and one fifty in 12 innings in the course of the 2012-13 Cooch Behar Trophy.

• On 27 February 2014, Jitesh Sharma made his List A debut within the 2013–14 Vijay Hazare Trophy towards Rajasthan in Jaipur. Batting primarily within the high order, Sharma performed solely restricted over matches for Vidarbha within the first two seasons of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
  

  Jitesh Sharma taking part in a cricket match for Vidarbha staff

• He made his T20 debut towards UP in Nagpur on 31 March 2014.

• During the 2015-2016 Ranji Trophy, Jitesh made his first-class debut on 1 October 2015, taking part in towards Odisha at Nagpur. The match was very abnormal for Jitesh as he scored simply 180 runs in seven matches at a median of 18.
  

  Jitesh Sharma taking part in a check match

• In the 2015-16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Jitesh scored 343 runs, together with one century and two fifties, at a strike charge of 143.51, changing into the third-highest run-scorer within the match.

• Sharma was the very best run-scorer for Vidarbha within the 2018-19 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He scored 298 runs in seven matches.

• His distinctive efficiency for Vidarbha on the high order caught the attention of the selectors of the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians in 2016, who purchased him for Rs. 10 lacks in the course of the IPL public sale.

• In 2017, he was part of the Mumbai Indians staff that received the Indian Premier League season 10. However, he didn’t play in any match for the staff. Post the league, he was launched by Mumbai Indians.
  

  Jitesh Sharma throughout Mumbai Indians apply session

• In February 2022, in the course of the Indian Premier League auctions, Jitesh was signed up by the IPL franchise Punjab Kings for Rs. 20 lakhs.

• Jitesh performed his first IPL match for Punjab Kings towards Chennai Super Kings on 3 April 2022. In the match, Sharma scored 26 runs of 17 balls, serving to Punjab Kings to win. He hit three sixes within the match towards bowlers like Moeen Ali.
  

  Jitesh Sharma taking part in cricket for Punjab Kings

• Thereafter, he performed round 10 IPL matches for Punjab Kings, scoring 234 runs at a strike charge of 163.63. He struck 22 fours and 12 sixes within the matches.
  

  Jitesh Sharma celebrating the wicket of Hardik Pandya in a match

• In his spare time, Jitesh likes to journey, do journey sports activities, and play golf.

• He has promoted just a few sports activities diet manufacturers like My Proteinin on his Instagram account.
  

  Jitesh Sharma endorsing My Proteinin merchandise on Instagram

• Jitesh could be very specific about his health and visits the health club usually.
  

  Jitesh Sharma inside a health club

• He is fluent in three languages- Hindi, Marathi, and English.

• Jitesh is a big fan of Rohit Sharma‘s batting. In an interview, while sharing the advice that he once received from Rohit, Jitesh said,
  

  When I was with MI, I was a top-order batter and naturally, Rohit Sharma has been one of my favorite players. I had once interacted with him in the nets, where he told me, ‘Focus on using the speed of the bowler. When the speed of the bowler increases, it is better to trust your timing rather than your power-game.’ So, that recommendation has stayed with me and I try to implement it up to now.”

• The South African cricketer AB de Villiers is his idol. In an interview, Jitesh was requested if he was engaged on constructing a 360-degree sport like De Villiers. He replied,
  

  AB de Villiers has been my idol ever since I began batting within the middle-order. 360 diploma to nahi par 250-260 diploma ki koshish jaroor karta hu (laughs) (Not making an attempt to play 360-degree photographs, however making an attempt to cowl 250-260 levels atleast).”

• Jitesh could be very well-liked for the number of strokes that he performs.

• In an interview, Jitesh revealed that he suffered despair after he was excluded from Vidarbha’s Ranji Trophy.