Jitesh Sharma, who has been included in India squad for first time, is a wicketkeeper-batter who plays domestic cricket for Vidarbha and IPL for Punjab Kings. He replaced injured Sanju Samson in T20I squad for Sri Lanka series. He was born on October 22, 1993 in Maharashtra's Amravati. He has played 76 T20s and has a strike rate of 147.93.