WATCH: RCB keeper Jitesh Sharma takes two stunning sky-high catches to put DC on back-foot

Star RCB wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma displayed amazing wicketkeeping skills against Delhi Capitals in the recently concluded 24th game of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025). Sharma took two amazing ‘high in the sky’ catches to dismiss DC opener Jake Fraser-McGurk and number three batter Abishek Porel.

Interestingly, Jitesh Sharma’s catches came off the deliveries of the veteran RCB pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the second innings, third and fifth over, respectively. These two wickets also played a crucial role in leaving Delhi struggling at the start of their run chase of the target of 164 runs.

The video of Jitesh Sharma’s sensational catches behind the wickets also started making rounds on social media as soon as the Indian Premier League (IPL) shared it on their X (formerly Twitter).

Here’s the video:

𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘺. 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦. 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘦

🎥 Jitesh Sharma's exceptional glove work as he holds onto two splendid catches 💪#DC are 42/3 after 7 overs.#TATAIPL | #RCBvDC | @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/kqWPaGyde8

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 10, 2025

Speaking of the action of the game between RCB and DC at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. DC skipper Axar Patel won the toss and asked RCB to bat first. Batting first, the hosts posted a decent total of 163 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Phil Salt and Virat Kohli played the crucial knocks of 37 and 22 runs, respectively.

Later in the innings, skipper Rajat Patidar also contributed with 25 runs for 23, with one four and a six. Vipraj Nigam and Kuldeep Yadav scalped 2 wickets, alongside a wicket each picked by Mukesh Kumar and Mohit Sharma.

While chasing the target, Delhi had lost 4 wickets at the score of just 58 runs in 8.4 overs. But then came the unbeaten and match-winning partnership of 111 runs between KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs. KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 93 runs off just 53 balls, with seven fours and six sixes, alongside Tristan Stubbs’ 38 runs off 23 balls, with 4 fours and a six and helped DC win the game by 6 wickets.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar scalped 2 wickets, alongside a wicket each bagged by Yash Dayal and Suyash Sharma. KL Rahul won the player of the match award for his match-winning.