{"id":9971,"date":"2025-12-12T13:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=670641"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:54:18","slug":"watch-jitesh-sharma-touches-harleen-deols-feet-after-ind-vs-sa-2nd-t20i-gesture-wins-hearts-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/watch-jitesh-sharma-touches-harleen-deols-feet-after-ind-vs-sa-2nd-t20i-gesture-wins-hearts-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Jitesh Sharma touches Harleen Deol\u2019s feet after IND vs SA 2nd T20I, gesture wins hearts online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"573\">Jitesh Sharma\u2019s heartfelt gesture after the India vs South Africa 2nd T20I in New Chandigarh has become one of the most talked-about moments from the match. The Indian wicketkeeper-batter was seen touching the feet of Indian women\u2019s cricketer <strong data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"473\">Harleen Deol<\/strong>, a moment that instantly went viral and drew widespread appreciation across social media platforms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jitesh Sharma touched the feet of Harleen Deol \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/89NXxFHqL1\">pic.twitter.com\/89NXxFHqL1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VIKAS (@Vikas662005) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vikas662005\/status\/1999321947235319865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"874\">The match on December 11 saw India suffer a 51-run defeat as the hosts struggled to chase down South Africa\u2019s imposing total. India opted to bowl first, but frontline pacers <strong data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"767\">Arshdeep Singh<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"790\">Jasprit Bumrah<\/strong> proved expensive and went wicketless, allowing the visitors to post a strong score.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"1078\">Quinton de Kock led the charge with a superb <strong data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"940\">90 off 46 balls<\/strong>, striking five fours and seven sixes. Late acceleration from <strong data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1022\">Donovan Ferreira<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1043\">David Miller<\/strong> powered South Africa to <strong data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1077\">213\/4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1080\" data-end=\"1341\">In response, India faltered with the bat and were bundled out for <strong data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1153\">162<\/strong>, levelling the five-match series at <strong data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1197\">1-1<\/strong>. Jitesh Sharma contributed a brisk <strong data-start=\"1233\" data-end=\"1252\">27 off 17 balls<\/strong>, hitting two fours and two sixes, but his cameo was overshadowed by the team\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1343\" data-end=\"1625\">However, after the match, Sharma\u2019s humility stood out. He approached Harleen Deol\u2014who was present at the venue\u2014and touched her feet as a mark of respect. Deol, a member of India\u2019s Women\u2019s World Cup-winning squad and a dynamic top-order batter, acknowledged the gesture with a smile.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1627\" data-end=\"1792\">The clip of the moment quickly spread online, with fans praising Jitesh for honouring a fellow Indian cricketer and celebrating the achievements of the women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jitesh Sharma\u2019s heartfelt gesture after the India vs South Africa 2nd T20I in New Chandigarh has become one of the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}