India, Dec. 21 -- Jitesh Sharma's exclusion from India's T20 World Cup squad represents one of the harshest selection calls in recent memory. Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar himself conceded that Jitesh "has not done too much wrong," yet the 32-year-old wicketkeeper-batter was dropped, not for poor performance, but because India changed their team combination strategy.

The statistics paint a damning picture of a player penalised despite delivering exactly what was asked of him.

Jitesh's IPL 2025 campaign with Royal Challengers Bengaluru produced career-best numbers that should have cemented his World Cup spot. Batting in the middle order, he amassed 261 runs at an average of 37.29 with a blistering strike rate of 176.35, precisely the explo...