Ranji Trophy: Jitesh Sharma joins Baroda after Vidarbha exit; Rasikh Salam also makes move | Cricket News – Times of India

Mumbai: Vidarbha and Royal Challengers Bengaluru wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma and J&Okay pacer Rasikh Salam Dar will signify Baroda within the upcoming home season. Both gamers have apparently made the swap with assist from their RCB teammate and Baroda captain, Krunal Pandya.Jitesh, 31, captained Vidarbha within the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy final season, main them to the quarterfinals, however didn’t function in any matches through the 2024–25 Ranji Trophy. He has performed 9 T20Is for India (100 runs @ 14.28), and was a star performer for IPL 2025 champions RCB (261 runs in 15 matches @ 37.28, with one fifty and a strike charge of 176.35, together with a high rating of 85 not out in a league stage match and a vital cameo of 24 off 10 balls within the ultimate towards his former IPL staff, Punjab Kings).

Rasikh has performed 5 first-class matches and brought 13 wickets at a mean of 25.23. In List A cricket, the 25-12 months-outdated quick bowler has claimed 13 wickets from 10 video games at a mean of 37.46 and an economic system charge of 5.80. He has also featured in 36 T20 matches, taking 45 wickets at a mean of 23.13 and an economic system charge of 8.52. Rasikh made his List A debut for J&Okay within the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy in October 2018, and performed his first Ranji Trophy match later that 12 months on December 30. His T20 debut got here on February 22 within the 2019 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Salam, who has performed for India A, has also been half of 4 IPL groups — RCB, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Mumbai Indians.Apparently, Jitesh wasn’t pleased with sure issues at Vidarbha.A white-ball specialist, Jitesh — who made his first-class debut in 2015 — didn’t play within the Ranji Trophy final season. He performed the final of his 18 first-class matches in January 2024. He has scored 661 runs in 18 first-class matches, 1,533 runs in 56 List A video games, and a pair of,886 runs in 141 T20s with a strike charge of 152.29.Apart from RCB, Jitesh has performed for Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians within the IPL. He was half of the Rohit Sharma-led MI staff that received the trophy in 2017.