IPL 2025: Not Virat Kohli, RCB player copy this legend’s shots

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|10-04-2025

In the IPL 2025, the team has got almost the same start so far in the IPL 2025. By winning 3 out of their first 4 matches, this team is moving forward in a strong style. Almost the player has contributed to the effective performance of Bengaluru so far. The discussion is being raised as stars like Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, but there is one player who is playing an important role and is adopting the style of former veteran player of the team for this. These players are Jitesh Sharma.

RCB won by 12 runs in their last match at Wankhede Stadium against Mumbai Indians. Jitesh Sharma had a big role in this victory. This player gave the team's best start to the finishing touch. Jitesh, who played for Vidarbha, played a stormy innings of 40 runs in just 19 balls in the last over and brought the team to a big score of 221 runs. During this innings, Jitesh scored 4 sixes, but the manner in which he put these sixes was the most surprising.

Before this season of IPL, Jitesh had made identity due to his explosive batting in the death overs, but this time the scope of his shots also increased. Jitesh has credited this to former Bangalore wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik, who is currently a franchise mentor. Jitesh told in an interview that since the mega auction, he was talking to Karthik and who was explaining to him what is the role in the team and what hopes are there.

Till last season, Karthik was playing the role of a finisher for Bangalore and was playing many stormy innings. The kind of shots that Jitesh put against Mumbai, he saw a glimpse of Karthik and this 31 -year -old player also explained the reason. Jitesh said that he was copying Karthik's shots. He told, "In the off season I talked to Dinesh Bhai… He saw that I do not have some shots and I am working on him. In the off season I worked a lot with him. Whatever shots I am playing at this time, he is absolutely imitating those shots, as he used to play."

In the mega auction, Bengaluru had made a hefty bid of 11 crore for Jitesh, on which some questions also arose. Looking at the performance so far, it seems that this bet of Bengaluru is proving to be correct and Jitesh was brought with the expectation, he is living in it. Also, the experience of Dinesh Karthik as a mentor is also working for the team. But there is still a long season left, in such a situation, Jitesh will have to help RCB in this way.

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