Legendary Indian batter Sunil Gavaskar lavished reward on all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja for his phenomenal present within the first Take a look at in opposition to Australia.
On Friday, February 11, India trounced Australia by an inning and 132 runs to take a 1-0. Ashwin bagged his thirty first fifer to rattle the Australian batting order as their innings folded up on 91 in 32.3 overs and the match was wrapped in three days.
Jadeja, who made his return to Take a look at cricket after seven months, starred within the collection opener with each bat and ball. He mustered figures of 5/47 to script an Australian batting collapse within the second session of Day 1.
The left-handed batter stitched a few key partnerships within the Indian innings to reinforce their result in 223 runs. He was concerned in a 61-run stand with skipper Rohit Sharma and later paired with fellow all-rounder Axar Patel to frustrate the guests with their alliance of 88 runs.
Jadeja scored 70 with the assistance of 9 boundaries earlier than he was cleaned up by Todd Murphy on the morning of Day 3.
“His wicket needs to be earned by the opposition” – Sunil Gavaskar on Ravindra Jadeja
Whereas analysing the Indian group’s unimaginable efficiency within the Nagpur Take a look at on India In the present day, Gavaskar stated Jadeja made an incredible comeback in Take a look at cricket.
Gavaskar stated:
“Here’s a man who has been performing recurrently for India. He was out of the group because of harm, after which Axar Patel is available in and grabs his probability and that’s such a improbable factor for Indian cricket to have bench power the place gamers are prepared.”
He added:
“Jadeja’s comeback has been large. We didn’t see a lot about his fielding as he was at mid-off and there about. However as a bowler, he was on track from the outset. As a batter, he as soon as once more confirmed that he’s going to attain increasingly more runs for India. His wicket needs to be earned by the opposition.”
India will play the second Take a look at in opposition to Australia from February 17 to 21 on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.