IPL 2024: The last 2 league matches of this season will be played tomorrow in IPL season 17. Tomorrow, in the first match of the day, Punjab Kings (PBKS), who are out of the playoff race, will face the third team to reach the playoffs i.e. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). Meanwhile, a big update related to this match has come out.
Actually, due to injury to Shikhar Dhawan at the beginning of the season, Sam Curran was given the command of the team, but Sam Curran has returned to his country for the T20 series played against Pakistan. Meanwhile, the franchise has handed over the captaincy of the team to a young Indian player.
PBKS made this young Indian player the captain
Let us tell you that Jitesh Sharma was made the vice-captain of Punjab Kings before the start of the season, but after Dhawan’s departure, he was not given the captaincy. But now it has been announced that after the departure of Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma will be the new captain of the team in the last match. Punjab Kings has revealed this in a statement. He has also given this information on his social media. Punjab Kings said in its statement on Saturday that Jitesh Sharma has been announced as the new captain of the team for the final game of the current Indian Premier League season, which will be held against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday, May 1. I will lead the Kings. Jitesh will replace Sam Curran, who has returned to England for national duty.
Jitesh Sharma becomes the 16th captain of Punjab Kings
It is noteworthy that Jitesh Sharma has become the 16th captain of Punjab Kings in the IPL history to assume the responsibility of captaincy. If we look at Jitesh Sharma’s performance in the 17th season of IPL, he has scored 155 runs at an average of 14.09 while batting in 11 innings.
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