India, Dec. 21 -- While all the chatter is firmly about Shubman Gill's exclusion from India's T20 World Cup, one shouldn't forget that there is another player who has every right to feel hard done by. Jitesh Sharma no longer finds himself a part of the squad, and he, too, must be asking what exactly he did wrong to be in such a position. The right-handed batter set the stage on fire in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 for the eventual winners, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), and this led to him being parachuted in for the Asia Cup; however, three months later, he once again finds himself out of favour.

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar sympathised with the Vidarbha star Jitesh, saying his exclusion is truly a "tough call," and h...