IND vs WI: "God Has A Bigger Plan For Me” – Jitesh Sharma Breaks Silence On His Snub From West Indies Series

Published - 09 Jul 2023, 08:10 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:15 AM

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Indian cricketer Jitesh Sharma has reacted to his snub from the Indian squads that was announced for the series against West Indies. India play two Test matches, three ODIS and five T20Is against the Windies in July-August.

Jitesh Sharma who played impactful knocks in IPL 2022 and IPL 2023 has been snubbed from all the three squads that was named. Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson are the two specialist keepers named for the ODIs and T20Is in the absence of KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant. Meanwhile, the management decided to stick with KS Bharat in Test matches.

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In an interview with Cricket.com. Sharma reacted to his snub and had an interesting response to it. When he was asked about the same he said “Just one sentence, ‘God has a bigger plan for me”.

Jitesh Sharma who was a part of the Indian T20I squad in the series against New Zealand at home earlier this year, spoke about the experiences that he learnt after he interacted with Rahul Dravid, the head coach of the current Indian team.

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Jitesh Sharma Shares His Experience Of Interacting With Rahul Dravid

“They were quite welcoming. Rahul (Dravid) sir told me that you are doing very well and these are the kind of players that we are looking for. When I told him that I want to score big runs, he told me that at the position you play, runs don’t matter, impact matters. The more you contribute towards the win, that will be important for the team. When there’s a collapse and you go out to bat around 7-8 overs, the team will be 4-5 wickets down, so you can’t do much and just need to believe in your game. You have to take that score to a certain level so that the team can fight for it,” the wicket-keeper batter added.

The Test series kicks off with the first Test in Dominica from July 12-16. Trinidad hosts the second Test from July 20-24. The ODIs and the T20Is will follow after the Test series.

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