Jitesh Sharma was dropped from Team IndiaImage Credit source: PTI

Many days have passed since the announcement of Team India for T20 World Cup 2026. After the selection for this tournament, the biggest discussion has been on the exclusion of Shubman Gill from the team. Shubhman Gill has expressed his heartfelt feelings in front of everyone on this decision. But there was one more player, who was suddenly dropped from the team. This is- Jitesh Sharma. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh has revealed that he was dropped from the team without any information and after the announcement, he also came to know about it from the media.

In December, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar, BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia and Captain Suryakumar Yadav in a press conference. t20 world cup The squad was announced. As soon as the team was announced, all the discussion turned to Shubman Gill, who was till then the vice-captain of the T20 team but was dropped from the World Cup squad. Only after this, reports came that Gill was informed about this decision barely half an hour before the announcement of the team.

Jitesh got news from media

While Gill was also in the dark till the last moment, Jitesh Sharma was not even given any information from the selectors. In an interview given to Crictracker, Jitesh revealed that he came to know about this decision only from the media. The Baroda wicketkeeper said, "There was no news about his exclusion from the team until the squad was announced. Later, in the press conference, I agreed with the reason given by the selectors, it was a valid reason."

Jitesh told that he later talked to the coach and selectors. He said, "After this I discussed it with the coach and selectors and I felt that their reason was legitimate. I understood well what they wanted to explain and I agreed with it."

What did Agarkar say on the removal of Jitesh?

Ishan Kishan returned to Team India in place of Jitesh. Ajit Agarkar had then said that the team management wanted to keep a wicketkeeper-batsman in the top order, due to which Sanju Samson was selected in place of Gill and that is why Ishaan was given preference in place of Jitesh as the second wicketkeeper. While Jitesh was playing the role of finisher in Team India, Rinku Singh has been included in the squad for that role.