Jitesh Sharma
Indian cricketer (born 1993)
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Jitesh Mohan Sharma (born 22 October 1993) is an Indian international cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper-batter.[1] He represents Vidarbha in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League. Jitesh was a member of the Indian team that won the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup and medalled gold at the 2022 Asian Games.
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| Full name | Jitesh Mohan Sharma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 October 1993 Amravati, Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper-batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 109) | 3 October 2023 v Nepal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 19 December 2025 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2025 | Vidarbha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026-present | Baroda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Punjab Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 December 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic career
He made his List A debut on 27 February 2014, for Vidarbha in the 2013–14 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[2] He made his first-class debut in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy on 1 October 2015.[3] He was the leading run-scorer for Vidarbha in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 298 runs in seven matches. Jitesh Sharma's international prospects were widened during his excellent 2023 IPL season.[4]
He also appeared with Bhawanipore Club in P. Sen Trophy.[5][6]
International career
He got his maiden call-up for Indian cricket team in January 2023 against Sri Lanka for T20I series. He made his international debut against Nepal on 3 October 2023 during the 2022 Asian Games. His career looked on to further expand after his call-up for the Australia T20I series in 2023. In the fourth T20I match of that series, he scored 35 runs off 19 balls which is his highest individual score till date [7] and in the fifth and final T20I match, he scored 24 runs off 16 balls.[8] In 2024, he was selected once again for a 3-match home T20I series against Afghanistan. In the first match, he scored 31 runs off 20 deliveries but was out for a duck after facing only 2 deliveries in the next match. In 2025 he was in squad of Asia cup 2025 and even the emerging nations Asia cup captain of emerging India team[9].He played in India tour of Australia and did 23 runs in 13 deliveries in third t20i after Sanju Samson was dropped from the team.[10] He was in South Africa tour of India team and in first t20i did 10 runs in 5 deliveries[11] and in 2nd t20i did 27 runs for 17 deliveries[12] Even after all these performances unfortunately for him he was not picked in T20i World Cup 2026 due to change in team combinations by the selectors[13]
