IPL playerIndia2022 to 2026
Jitesh Sharma
On scorecards: JM Sharma · Right-hand bat
Jitesh Sharma, a wicketkeeper-batter, has played five IPL seasons for two franchises. Two titles came along the way.
The arrival
Jitesh Sharma arrived through the auction: Punjab Kings paid ₹20 lakh, the base price. That debut came after going unsold once (2018).
That first season brought 12 matches and 234 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2023, for Punjab Kings: 309 runs at an average of 23.8, striking at 156.1 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 141.9, and a highest score of 49 not out.
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2022: 234 runs at a strike rate of 163.6, 29 runs per hundred balls quicker than the IPL as a whole that year.
Franchise by franchise
2022 to 2024, Punjab Kings. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹20 lakh. 40 matches and 730 runs.
2025 to 2026, Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹11 cr. 31 matches and 377 runs; champions in 2025 and 2026.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Punjab Kings, 2022 to 2024.
How the runs came
Across the career, Jitesh Sharma has struck at 152.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 146.2, so Jitesh Sharma has scored about 6 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 68% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 86 fours and 68 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 36.6% of the balls Jitesh Sharma faced were dot balls, a higher share than 57% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 10.7 balls, the 13th-best rate in that group, and a four every 8.4.
The fielding record: 59 catches, 9 run-outs and 7 stumpings, the stumpings a reminder of the gloves.
At the auction
Jitesh Sharma has gone under the hammer four times, bought three times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹11 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2025, more than 11 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2016, ₹11 cr by 2025. Unsold in 2018, Jitesh Sharma was bought again in 2022 by Punjab Kings. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Mumbai Indians in 2016.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Jitesh Sharma has made 71 IPL appearances, the latest for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2026, and has won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Punjab Kings | 12 | 234 | 44 | 29.3 | 163.6 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 11 | ||
| 2023 | Punjab Kings | 14 | 309 | 49* | 23.8 | 156.1 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 5 | ||
| 2024 | Punjab Kings | 14 | 187 | 32* | 17.0 | 131.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 13 | ||
| 2025 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 15 | 261 | 85* | 37.3 | 176.3 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 20 | 1 | Champions |
| 2026 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 16 | 116 | 23 | 12.9 | 122.1 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 17 | Champions |
Franchise journey
- Punjab Kings: 2022 to 2024
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 36.6% |
| Balls per four | 8.4 |
| Balls per six | 10.7 |
| Catches | 59 |
| Run-outs | 9 |
| Stumpings | 7 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹10 lakh |
| 2018 | Wicketkeeper | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | UWK1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Punjab Kings for ₹20 lakh |
| 2025 | WK1 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹11 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet