IPL 2025: Costliest captaincy mistakes of the season

1. Poor rotation of bowlers by Jitesh

A right ring finger injury to Rajat Patidar in RCB's home game against CSK rendered him unavailable to lead the side from the next game onwards. RCB's decision-makers handed the captaincy duties to Jitesh Sharma in Patidar's absence. Jitesh was scheduled to skipper RCB from their next game. However, the clash against KKR at the Chinnaswamy ended up being washed out due to persistent showers. This made RCB's tie against SRH in Lucknow to be Jitesh's first as their skipper.

SRH raced off to a flying start with the bat. Their powerplay yielded 71 runs for the loss of two wickets. An out of form Ishan Kishan ended on 94* (48), as SRH ended up posting 231/6. RCB were skittled for 189 in 19.5 overs. In the first innings, Jitesh looked somewhat lost during the onslaught imposed by the opposition. Due to that, he made a few errors in utilising his bowlers' overs. Even in their next game (against LSG), the Amravati-born did not quite make the most out of his bowlers which reflected in his field placements and bowling unit's performance as well.