jitesh sharma

Punjab Kings (PBKS) wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma's added incentive to take up cricket at the school level was that it came with the bonus of getting four per cent extra marks.

While he was aiming to get good scores in PCM -- physics, chemistry, mathematics -- in high school, the opportunity was too tempting to be turned down, and it began his tryst with cricket. While cricket was not his first-choice sport, it ended up paying rich dividends later on in his sporting career.