Team India is practicing by reaching Dubai for the Asia Cup 2025. The Indian team will start their campaign by playing a match against UAE from 10 September. At the same time, it is being said that in India’s opening match against UAE, Jitesh Sharma can get a chance as wicketkeeper batsman.
In fact, according to the report of ESPN Cricinfo, Jitesh Sharma can be seen playing as wicketkeeper batsman in India’s opening match against UAE. He is likely to get importance on Sanju Samson. Since Shubman Gill’s return to T20 setup, there are constant questions about Samson.
Let me tell you that Gill is also the vice -captain of Team India and he is going to open with Abhishek Sharma. In such a situation, it is difficult for Sanju Samson to make it to playing 11. In recent times, Samson has been opening in T20 International. After Gill’s return to the T20 team, Samson has to compete with Jitesh Sharma in the middle order to replace the wicketkeeper batsman.
It is being said that Jitesh Sharma has emerged as the first choice of team management. In the IPL, Jitesh played the role of Finisher for RCB. He scored an average of 37.28 in 11 innings and 261 runs at a strike rate of 176.35. Jitesh scored an unbeaten 85 off 33 balls against Lucknow Super Giants, due to which RCB achieved the target of 228 runs.
Sanju Samson has scored 522 runs in 17 matches as an opener in T20 International. Which also included 3 centuries. This means that Samson has been in great rhythm as a batsman, but due to Shubman Gill, it is difficult to find a place in the playing XI. Jitesh was also given priority in the team’s first practice session. Head coach Gambhir made him bat in the nets for a long time. Whereas Samson initially faced only throdows and later participated in the normal net session.