Vikrant Shekhawat : Jan 25, 2023, 09:43 PM
India vs New Zealand T20 Series, Jitesh Sharma Stats: The Indian cricket team defeated New Zealand 3-0 in the ODI series. Under the leadership of experienced opener Rohit Sharma, Team India performed amazingly. Now Team India will play a three-match T20 series against this opponent, in which the captaincy will be handled by all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Earlier the series was played against India and Sri Lanka, in which a player was given a chance by the selectors but he returned without getting a place in the playing-11. Now it has to be seen whether Hardik gives a chance to that cricketer or he will remain waiting for a chance.India won the ODI series 3-0Team India defeated New Zealand by 90 runs in the third and final ODI of the series played at Holkar Stadium, Indore. With this, captured the ODI series 3-0. Now some senior players will be rested in T20 and the captain will also change. While Hardik Pandya will lead the team, Suryakumar Yadav will take over as the vice-captain. Two players have been included as wicketkeepers – Ishaan Kishan and Jitesh Sharma.Jitesh Sharma waiting for an opportunityWicket-keeper batsman Jitesh Sharma, who plays for Vidarbha in domestic cricket, has not yet got a chance to make his international debut. He recently batted at a strike rate of 130 in the Ranji Trophy Group-D match against Gujarat and scored 69 runs off 53 balls, hitting 4 fours and 5 sixes. Even though he got out after scoring 10 runs in the first innings, he was the top scorer of the team in the second innings. He was also included in the team for the T20 series against Sri Lanka but could not be a part of the playing-11.Selected in the series against Sri Lanka, but stayed away from playing-1129-year-old Jitesh Sharma was included in the team for the last two matches of the T20 series against Sri Lanka. After the injury of Kerala star Sanju Samson, he was selected in the team but Hardik Pandya did not give him a chance in the playing-11 under his captaincy. He kept sitting on the bench. After this, he was not included in Team India for the ODI series against New Zealand. Now he will have a chance in T20 but it will be interesting to see which player Hardik will trust as a wicketkeeper.How is Jitesh's career?Jitesh Sharma was selected in the senior team of Vidarbha in the year 2013-14 season. He has been associated with this team since then. He has so far scored a total of 632 runs in 17 first class matches, including 4 half-centuries. In List-A, he has scored a total of 1350 runs in 47 matches with the help of 2 centuries and 7 half-centuries.