{"id":151152,"date":"2026-04-04T11:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=151152"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:31:49","slug":"rcb-vs-csk-jitesh-sharma-insists-extended-break-between-games-will-not-disrupt-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=151152","title":{"rendered":"RCB vs CSK: Jitesh Sharma insists extended break between games will not disrupt momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70823845\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vice-captain Jitesh Sharma said that the tag of a defending champion was not pressure-inducing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMo Bobat, director [of cricket], clearly said we are not defending&#8230; we are chasing the title,\u201d Jitesh stated on Saturday, ahead of RCB\u2019s clash against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are hungry like we were last year. Lots of people have forgotten that we are champions. This is a new season. But we have the confidence that we have achieved something. With that confidence, we are going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the time RCB will line up for its game against CSK, a full week would have passed since Rajat Patidar\u2019s men played a match \u2013 the IPL opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad, which they won by six wickets. But Jitesh felt that the long gap wouldn\u2019t affect the team\u2019s momentum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur management kept everyone on their toes. Even during the break, we played a practice game. So, we are very close to that intensity. We are not thinking that our team had a break.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite CSK\u2019s twin losses to Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings, Jitesh said Ruturaj Gaikwad\u2019s outfit cannot be taken lightly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can be anyone\u2019s day. Someone can score runs. Someone can take a fiver. You can\u2019t judge that the next game will be the same if someone had a bad match in the previous game. We should respect all opponents equally, irrespective of what they have done in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Apr 04, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/rcb-vs-csk-jitesh-sharma-comments-press-conference-ipl-2026-news\/article70823845.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vice-captain Jitesh Sharma said that the tag of a defending champion was not pressure-inducing. \u201cMo Bobat, director [of cricket], clearly said we are not defending&#8230; we are chasing the title,\u201d Jitesh stated on Saturday, ahead of RCB\u2019s clash against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). \u201cWe are hungry like we were last&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6607_27_5_2025_23_23_18_1_27_05_IPLLSGVSRCBLUCKNOW_06.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-DjW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/151153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}