Not MS Dhoni! Jitesh Sharma reveals his wicket-keeping idol: ‘Impressed by how he would catch the ball’ | Cricket Information

Jitesh Sharma and MS Dhoni (Picture Credit: Screengrab/BCCI)

NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star Jitesh Sharma credited former Australian legend Adam Gilchrist for his inclination in the direction of wicketkeeping.
In a video posted by IPL on their social media platform, the 31-year-old wicketkeeper-batter defined the significance of a robust method with the gloves, together with correct squatting and foot positioning.
Jitesh additionally admitted that he focuses on conserving his shoulder and knee aligned like a field, making certain that his physique is at all times in a defensive place.
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“I feel this love for wicketkeeping is due to Adam Gilchrist. The way in which he used to maintain the ball so simply, the way in which he used to catch the ball, I used to be very impressed by that. In wicket conserving, there are some fundamentals like Squat place and ball of the ft. These are some thumb guidelines,” Jitesh Sharma stated, as quoted by ANI.
“However for me, I at all times strive that my shoulder and my knee needs to be like a field. Each time I transfer, I ought to transfer like a field. If my head is close to the ball, routinely my physique shall be behind it. So, my second line of defence shall be lively. I needs to be near it. Like I’m throwing the ball far-off. So, I ought to go like this and catch the ball moderately than like this.”
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Initially purchased by the Mumbai Indians within the IPL 2016 public sale, Jitesh was then retained in 2017.
Nonetheless, he did not get an opportunity to play in a single match.
He was as soon as once more bought within the IPL 2022 by Punjab Kings, the place he made his identify as a damaging finisher.
Jitesh scored 234 runs at a strike fee of 163.64 in IPL 2022 and continued with a outstanding season in 2023, scoring 309 runs at a strike fee of 156.06.

As a decrease middle-order batter, his small match-winning performances throughout IPL earned him his T20I debut in opposition to Nepal in October on the Hangzhou Asian Video games.
Forward of IPL 2025, RCB purchased him for Rs 11 crore.
In 4 matches thus far, he has aggregated 85 runs with a mean of 42.50 and a strike fee of 184.
RCB will tackle Delhi Capitals within the twenty fourth match of the IPL 2025 on Thursday on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.