IPL 2024 Punjab Kings : The excitement of IPL has started rising. Even though the match is to be played in the evening on March 22, big news has started coming even before that. Explosive updates are coming out one after the other. The first match of IPL is to be played at MS Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, just a day before this, a photo shoot of the captains took place, in which two captains were absent. Before the discussions could get heated and speculations started, the teams have clarified the entire picture.
Uproar after IPL 2024 photo shoot
Eight captains were seen in the photo shoot for IPL 2024. But MS Dhoni from Chennai Super Kings and Shikhar Dhawan from Punjab Kings were not seen in it. Meanwhile, after its photo surfaced, there was an uproar on social media. Shortly after this, it was made clear by Chennai Super Kings that Ruturaj Gaikwad has been made the new captain of CSK in place of MS Dhoni. However, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be seen playing as a player. After this the fans heaved a sigh of relief.
Jitesh Sharma becomes vice-captain of Punjab Kings
Now let’s talk about Punjab Kings. Shikhar Dhawan did not come for the photo shoot on behalf of Punjab Kings, Jitesh Sharma appeared in his place. It was told that Jitesh Sharma is the new vice-captain of the team, hence he is participating in the photo shoot, although Shikhar Dhawan will continue to fulfill the responsibility of captain. In this way Jitesh Sharma has been promoted. Earlier last year, Sam Curran used to be the vice-captain of Punjab Kings. Although the team never announced this, but Shikhar Dhawan missed two matches in the 2023 IPL, when Sam Curran took the command of the team.
Jitesh Sharma’s IPL career
Jitesh Sharma had performed amazingly for his team Punjab Kings last year. After this he also got a chance to debut and play for the Indian team. Jitesh Sharma has played 26 matches in IPL so far and has scored 543 runs in it. His average is 25.86 and he is batting at a strike rate of 159.24. If we talk about T20 International figures, he has scored 100 runs after playing 9 matches. Here his average is 14.29 and strike rate is 147.06.
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