All formats help you grow your batting – Jitesh Sharma on the importance of playing multi-format cricket

With the amount of cricket that is being played all around the globe these days, it is a growing point of discussion about the decision of players to pick and choose which format they want to feature in. There have been split calls with a handful deciding to divide their time uniformly across all forms of the sport while others solely focus on a single format to hone their skills.

Talking on the latest episode of the Big Basket presents RCB Podcast, Jitesh Sharma opened up on his belief on the topic and how playing in different formats has helped him over the years. He underlined the pros and cons of playing different formats and what worked out well for him.

Focusing on the clarity of thoughts, Jitesh said, “If you have proper clarity, what you want from the season, it’s very easy. If you try to find excuses all the time, then there will be a list of excuses, like it was the white ball, it was T20 or it was the red ball, but at the end of the day, it is the clarity of thoughts that will get you there.”

He further added, “I think all the formats help you grow your batting. Like the way you bat, the way you build your innings, the skill develops. You go through all the skills, all the phases of the game. In Test cricket, it’s a different phase, one day it’s a different phase, T20 is a different phase, when you see all three phases, then you get to know how to control the game in the future if you play at a higher level. So, I think all three formats are beautiful and they are very helpful in building you as a cricketer.”