Jitesh Sharma also made his T20I debut for India in 2023 and has played 9 matches so far.
Indian Premier League 2024: Indian wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma (Jitesh Sharma) has been entrusted with big responsibility before IPL 2024. Actually, Punjab Kings (PBKS) has appointed Jitesh Sharma as its new vice-captain ahead of IPL 2024 starting from March 22.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) today introduced Jitesh Sharma, the new captain of Punjab Kings (PBKS), during the captain’s photoshoot ahead of the IPL 2024 opener between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Announced his selection as vice-captain.
PBKS handed over big responsibility to Jitesh Sharma
Jitesh Sharma represented Punjab Kings (PBKS) in place of captain Shikhar Dhawan during the Captain’s Day photoshoot of IPL 2024. The young Indian wicketkeeper batsman posed with the IPL trophy along with the remaining nine captains, including new captains Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK).
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Presenting the 9 captains with PBKS being represented by vice-captain Jitesh Sharma. pic.twitter.com/v3fyo95cWI
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Let us tell you, Punjab Kings (PBKS) will start their IPL 2024 campaign on March 23 against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the new Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur. Meanwhile, wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh made his IPL debut for PBKS in 2022, and since then has played 26 matches for the franchise and has scored 543 runs so far. He also made his T20I debut for India in 2023 and has played 9 matches so far.
Here’s the PBKS squad for IPL 2024:
batsman
Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Riley Rossouw, Harpreet Bhatia, Shivam Singh, Atharva Tayde, Vishwanath Singh, Ashutosh Sharma
wicket keeper
Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh
allrounder
Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Rishi Dhawan, Shashank Singh, Chris Woakes
bowler
Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, V Kawarappa, T Thiagarajan, Prince Choudhary, Harpreet Brar.