The 11th match of TATA IPL 2022 is being played at the Barbourne Stadium in Mumbai between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings. In this match, Chennai won the toss and decided to bowl first. So after losing, Captain Mayank Agarwal could not do much for the Punjab team, who came out to bat first and got out after scoring only 4 runs. After the dismissal of captain Agarwal, Liam Livingstone took over the innings and scored 60 runs in 32 balls. Apart from Livingstone, Indian youngster Jitesh Sharma also performed brilliantly and scored 26 runs in 17 balls at a strike rate of 152.
This was the IPL debut of Jitesh Sharma and in his very first match, Jitesh impressed everyone with his batting. Jitesh Sharma’s name is in the news since last year and he also hit the most sixes in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy played last year and also became the batsman to hit the most sixes in the tournament by hitting 19 sixes. Jitesh Sharma hit a total of 19 sixes in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021-22 season and scored runs at a strike rate of 235.
The Vidarbha player scored 213 runs at an average of 53.5 in seven matches played in the 2021-22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Seeing this six-hitting ability of Jitesh Sharma, Punjab Kings gave place to Jitesh in the team instead of Raj Angad Bawa. Jitesh Sharma also took full advantage of this opportunity and hit 3 sixes.
