In IPL 2024, Punjab Kings team is out of the playoff race long before. Meanwhile, Punjab Kings have to play their last match in IPL 2024 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Before this match, Punjab Kings team has made a big announcement. Actually, Shikhar Dhawan was the captain of the team at the beginning of the season, but due to injury in the middle of the season, Sam Curran was given a big responsibility in the team and he has been made the new captain of the team for some matches. But Sam Curran went back to his country England for the T20 series played between Pakistan and England. In such a situation, Punjab Kings were looking for a new captain.
The team got a new captain
Jitesh Sharma was made the vice-captain of Punjab Kings before the start of the season, but after Dhawan’s departure, he was not given the captaincy. But now it has been announced that after the departure of Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma will be the new captain of the team in the last match. Punjab Kings has revealed this in a statement. He has also given this information on his social media.
Punjab Kings said in its statement on Saturday that Jitesh Sharma has been announced as the new captain of the team for the final game of the current Indian Premier League season, which will be held against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday, May 1. Will lead the Kings in. Jitesh will replace Sam Curran, who has returned to England for national duty.
Jitesh Sharma will become the 16th captain of Punjab Kings in IPL.
When Punjab Kings will take the field to play its last league match this season against Sunrisers Hyderabad, it will be captained by Jitesh Sharma, who will become the 16th captain to hold the responsibility of captaincy in the IPL history of Punjab Kings. If we look at Jitesh Sharma’s performance in the 17th season of IPL, he has scored 155 runs at an average of 14.09 while batting in 11 innings.
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