NAGPUR: Vidarbha's top-rated finisher Jitesh Sharma had left a mark in the last edition of IPL. Similarly, Umesh Yadav showed remarkable improvement in the white-ball trade. Their franchises — Jitesh's Punjab Kings and Umesh's Kolkata Knight Riders — have retained them for one more season.
The other two Vidarbha players — opener Atharva Taide of Punjab Kings and Darshan Nalkande of Gujarat Titans — have also been retained. Darshan got to play a match last year and he had taken two important wickets. Atharva is yet to get an IPL game but has impressed his franchise time and again.
