Jitesh Sharma was chosen as the first-choice wicketkeeper for India's T20I series-opener against South Africa in Cuttack, preferred over Sanju Samson.

India’s ongoing wealth of talent once again came into focus in Cuttack, where Jitesh Sharma was backed as the first-choice wicketkeeper for the series-opening T20I against South Africa in Cuttack. Jitesh retained the gloves after being preferred over Sanju Samson in the final two T20Is in Australia—an endorsement of the management’s belief that Jitesh’s power-hitting makes him a more natural fit at No. 7 or lower. Samson, despite excellent returns as an opener, has slipped down the pecking order following Shubman Gill ’s re-entry at the top of the order.

Jitesh, however, dismissed any notion that rivalry might overshadow the dressing

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