IPL 2025: Jitesh Sharma beats Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer in the matter of fee increase in mega auction, read big news
RCB bought Jitesh for Rs 11 crore in the mega auction. Jitesh Sharma (Photo Source: Twitter) On 24th and 25th November of this month, the mega auction for IPL 2025 was seen in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. All the 10 franchises involved in this mega auction spent a total of Rs 383 crore to buy 120 players. Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh was the first player to be sold in this auction. Arshdeep was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 18 crore. So in this auction, star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has become the most expensive player to be sold in the history of IPL. Pant was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for a huge amount of Rs 27 crores. So Shreyas Iyer was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore. However, in this mega auction, Indian wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma has left behind players like Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer in terms of salary increase percentage. Let us tell you that in this auction, Jitesh had kept his base price at Rs 2 crore, but in the IPL 2024 season, his salary was Rs 20 lakh and he was seen playing for Punjab Kings. But in this mega auction, Jitesh was added to the IPL 2016 season’s runner-up Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by paying a huge amount of Rs 11 crore. So this is a 5500 percent increase in Jitesh’s IPL salary. This increase has not been seen in the salary of any IPL player yet. Jitesh will play the role of finisher in RCB in IPL 2025 Let us tell you that Jitesh Sharma made his IPL debut for Punjab Kings in IPL 2022. So in the next two years the player’s strike rate was 163 and 156. However, IPL 2024 was a forgettable one for the player. Last season, he was able to score only 187 runs at a meager strike rate of 131. So after the retirement of Dinesh Karthik, RCB has included Jitesh in the team as a finisher.
Punjab Kings will definitely want to retain these 3 players before the IPL auction, know who are these players?
Let us know about these players Arshdeep Singh (Image Credit- Twitter IPL 2025 Mega Auction, Punjab Kings Retain Player List: Preparations for the mega auction for the upcoming season of IPL are going on in full swing. All the teams are busy making a list of players to be released and retained. Punjab Kings is also included in these teams. On the other hand, if we give you information about the performance of Punjab Kings last season, it was not special for them. Punjab won only 5 out of 14 matches, while it lost 9 matches. The team finished 9th in the points table with a total of 10 points. Well, the Punjab management must be doing a deep study on which players to bid on in the upcoming mega auction. Well, today in this article we are going to give you information about the three potential players for the Punjab team, whom it can retain. Let’s know about these three players: 3. Arshdeep Singh Arshdeep Singh (Photo Source: Twitter) Indian cricket team’s young fast bowler Arshdeep Singh is going to be number one in that retained list of Punjab Kings. He was successful in making a place in the Indian team on the basis of IPL. So, if we give you information about his performance last season, then in the 14 matches played, he took a total of 19 wickets at an economy of 10.03 and an average of 26.57.
Punjab Kings player Jitesh Sharma secretly got engaged, shared a special post on social media
Jitesh Sharma got engaged to his partner Shalaka Makeshwar in a private ceremony. Jitesh Sharma and his Partner (Photo Source: Jitesh Sharma/Instagram) Indian player Jitesh Sharma has started a new innings of his life. Jitesh has shared the news of his engagement with his partner Shalaka Makeshwar with fans through social media. Fans and his fellow players are seen wishing him a lot. Jitesh Sharma shared a special post- Jitesh Sharma shared special pictures of his engagement on Instagram and wrote, In this crazy world, we found our forever on 8.8.8. ❤️8th August 2024.♾️(In this crazy world, we found our forever on 8.8.8) On Jitesh’s post, Ruturaj Gaikwad congratulated him and wrote, “Congratulations, welcome to the club”Suryakumar Yadav wrote:Many congratulations to Bhau and Bhabhi”Apart from these, Shubham Dubey, Mohsin Khan and Washington Sundar have also congratulated Jitesh and Shalaka. How has been Jitesh Sharma’s performance for India- Jitesh Sharma made his T20 debut for India in the Asian Games 2023, Quarter-Final-1 against Nepal. In this match, Jitesh was able to score only 5 runs in 4 balls with the help of a four. He played his last T20 match for India against Afghanistan in January this year. Jitesh Sharma has scored 100 runs in 7 innings of 9 T20 International matches for India at an average of 14.29 and a strike rate of 147.06. Jitesh Sharma was recently selected in the team as a replacement for Sanju Samson for the first two matches of the T20 series of the Zimbabwe tour. However, Jitesh did not get a chance in the playing 11 in the first two T20 matches. How has been the performance for Punjab Kings in IPL- At the same time, Jitesh Sharma made his IPL debut for Punjab Kings against Chennai Super Kings in 2022. So far, he has scored 730 runs in 36 innings of 40 matches at an average of 22.81 and a strike rate of 151.14.
Three big changes in the Indian team before the Zimbabwe tour, these players were included for the first two T20 matches
For the first two T20Is, Sai Sudarshan, Jitesh Sharma and Harshit Rana have replaced Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal in the squad. IND vs ZIM (Pic Source-X) India’s Zimbabwe tour is starting from July 6. The Indian team has also been announced for this tour. The captaincy of the Indian team has been handed over to the excellent opening batsman Shubman Gill. A 5-match T20 series will be played in this tour. Today, on July 2, the selectors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India have announced the replacement of three players for the first two matches of the five-match T20 series against Zimbabwe. Sai Sudarshan, Jitesh Sharma and Harshit Rana have been included in the team in place of Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey and Yashasvi Jaiswal in the first two T20 matches. Recently, the Indian team won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 trophy under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. After the end of this important tournament, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and experienced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja have retired from T20 cricket from the Indian team. This is the reason why the captaincy of the Indian team in the upcoming Zimbabwe series has been handed over to Shubman Gill. Talking about Harshit Rana, he performed very well for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 2024 and played an important role in his team’s victory. Sai Sudarshan also scored important runs for Gujarat Titans. Jitesh Sharma has also been very good in international T20 cricket and he can also be seen in the Indian playing XI in the first two T20 matches. Here is the Indian squad for the first two T20 matches: Shubman Gill (captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, Sai Sudarshan, Jitesh Sharma, Harshit Rana. The Indian team will definitely want to win the upcoming series as well. Sikandar Raza will captain the host team against India. Zimbabwe has also announced its team for the upcoming series. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
SRH vs PBKS Match Prediction: Know who will win the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings?
In the points table, Sunrisers Hyderabad is at third place with 15 points and Punjab Kings is at 8th place with 10 points. SRH vs PBKS (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) SRH vs PBKS Match Prediction: In IPL 2024, the big match on 19th May will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. Hyderabad team has already qualified for the playoffs with 7 wins and 15 points in 13 matches. By winning the match against Punjab, the team can reach the second position. SRH’s previous match was against Gujarat Titans, which was abandoned due to rain. On the other hand, Punjab Kings are already out of the race for the playoffs. The team is ranked eighth in the points table with 5 wins and 10 points from 13 matches. Punjab had defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets in the last match. Match Details (Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings Match Details): Pitch Report (SRH vs PBKS Pitch Report): The pitch of Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is known for its flat wicket. Spinners will get more support on this pitch. The team chasing runs on this pitch has got more success so far. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 168 runs. Head to Head Records (SRH vs PBKS Head to Head to Head Records):
IPL 2024: Suryakumar betrayed his own team, gave important advice to PBKS’s Jitesh Sharma before the match against MI
Jitesh Sharma’s performance in the Indian Premier League 2024 has been quite disappointing so far. Jitesh Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav (Pic Source-X) Today i.e. on 18th April, an important match in IPL 2024 is to be played between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians in Chandigarh. However, during the practice session before this match, Mumbai Indians’ best batsman Suryakumar Yadav was seen giving important tips to Punjab Kings’ young wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma. Punjab Kings has shared a video on its official social media account in which it can be seen that Arshdeep Singh, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav and Jitesh Sharma are talking to each other. Suryakumar first met Arshdeep Singh and then he was seen chatting with Jitesh Sharma. In this video, it can be seen that Suryakumar Yadav is telling Jitesh Sharma, ‘Brother, I have told you so many times that you don’t have emotions, you don’t have emotions. If you take the bat, you go to hit 12 runs. Here’s the video: !#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings #JazbaHaiPunjabi #TATAIPL2024 #PBKSvMI pic.twitter.com/TxkFe7VMqT — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 17, 2024 Jitesh Sharma’s performance in IPL 2024 has been quite disappointing Let us tell you, Jitesh Sharma’s performance in the Indian Premier League 2024 has been quite disappointing so far. The wicketkeeper batsman of Punjab Kings has scored only 106 runs in 6 matches at an average below 18. So far, the best opening batsmen have failed to play an important role in their team’s victory. However, Jitesh Sharma would like to perform well in the match played against Mumbai Indians. After the end of Indian Premier League 2024, T20 World Cup 2024 is also to be played in West Indies and USA and Jitesh Sharma would like to perform well in the remaining matches of IPL 2024 and play an important role in the victory of his team. For now, the players of both the teams would like to focus on the upcoming match. Both the teams have played 6 matches so far in IPL 2024 in which they have lost four matches while they have won only two. 5 Australian players who scored half century in debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy? IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are creating havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Amazing records of Dhoni as CSK captain Captains of which teams were changed before the start of IPL 2024
IPL 2024: After the change in the captaincy of CSK, PBKS also took a big decision; Big responsibility handed over to Jitesh Sharma
Jitesh Sharma also made his T20I debut for India in 2023 and has played 9 matches so far. Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad. (Image Source: IPL/PBKS) 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). 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐓𝐢𝐦◆! The #TATAIPL is here and WE are ready to ROCK & ROLL 🙏🥳🥁 Presenting the 9 captains with PBKS being represented by vice-captain Jitesh Sharma. pic.twitter.com/v3fyo95cWI — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 21, 2024 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.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) will bet big on these 5 players in IPL 2024
Punjab Kings (PBKS) will begin their IPL 2024 journey with a match against Delhi Capitals on March 23. Shikhar Dhawan and Sam Curran (Image Credit- Twitter0 IPL 2024 It will start from March 22 with the explosive match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). After that Punjab Kings (PBKS) will begin their IPL 2024 journey with a match against Delhi Capitals on March 23 at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh. The command of the team will be in the hands of Shikhar Dhawan and the team will play only one home match in the initial phase of the tournament. The schedule of matches of Punjab Kings along with other IPL teams will be released after the announcement of Lok Sabha elections 2024. The entire squad of Punjab Kings is busy preparing for the upcoming season. In such a situation, let us see who will be the 5 players who will help Punjab Kings win their first trophy and on whom all eyes will be fixed. See here the list of those 5 players of Punjab Kings who will do wonders in IPL 2024. 1. Shikhar Dhawan, Shikhar Dhawan (Photo Source: Twitter) Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan has shown excellent batting performance in the last two seasons. He has scored a lot of runs for the team in these two seasons alone, which is praiseworthy. Left-handed batsman Shikhar Dhawan has scored 833 runs with six half-centuries for PBKS in 25 matches. Considering his performance in the last two seasons, the PBKS team management and Shikhar Dhawan himself would like him to showcase his batting skills once again in the upcoming season. Along with this, as a captain, his responsibility will also be to lead the team from the front and instill confidence in his fellow players. Using his vast experience and superb batting talent, he will look to lift the IPL 2024 trophy with his hands.