Jitesh Sharma became a cricketer to get more marks

An Indian wicketkeeper-batsman became a cricketer not to skip school, but to get more marks in school. The story of India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh Sharma is a bit different. While many have skipped school to become cricketers, he played cricket hoping to score high marks. Recently, this Indian wicketkeeper-batsman made such a comment.

In a recent interview with ESPN Cricinfo, he shared his story of becoming a cricketer. Jitesh said, “Yes there is no end of talk about cricket in India. But cricket did not attract me. I was not very interested in cricket, I never wanted to play cricket. I started playing cricket mainly to get higher marks in school. In Maharashtra, there was a rule that if I failed in class, if I could play in the state team, I get 4 per cent extra marks. I wanted to get extra marks. That’s what brought me to cricket.”

However, this Indian wicketkeeper also answered the question of why he became a wicketkeeper. He said, “Even though I didn’t play cricket, I used to play football regularly for the school. One day my friends told me that if I played in the cricket team in our school, I would get more marks from the teachers. So, I went to the school selection in the hope of getting extra marks. Incidentally, there was no wicketkeeper in the school.

I was asked if I can do wicketkeeping. I said yes without thinking anything. I never thought my life would change like this. From that day my wicketkeeping career started. I took good catches and got a chance on the school team. Slowly my life started to change. Having played for the state team before rising up, it came to mind to take cricket as a career. That’s made me a cricketer.”

The Indian promising cricketer also got a call-up to India’s T20 squad against Sri Lanka. In 2016, he was called up to the Mumbai Indians team in IPL. However, he first entered the field in 2022 for Punjab Kings. But Jitesh has no regrets even if he could not play for Mumbai. He had a great time in the dressing room. Jitesh also said, “IPL has changed my life. Even though I couldn’t play for Mumbai, the two years I spent there were the best moments of my life.

Being in the presence of Sachin Tendulkar in the dressing room was the best of my life. I used to watch Rohit’s batting regularly. I couldn’t understand how slowly got involved as a professional cricketer. “

It should be noted that this Indian cricketer first came to the discussion by performing at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He scored 343 runs at a strike rate of 143 in the 2015-2016 season. And after that, this batsman got a call in the IPL as well. Jitesh played brilliantly for Punjab Kings last year. He scored runs at a strike rate of 163. However, he could not settle into the Indian team so far.