Ravindra Jadeja: A team person who left Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin in the Test. Cricket news
Timesofindia.com in Birmingham: When Ravindra Jadeja went out to bat in the first innings of the Edgbaston Test, India was in a delicate position with the scorecard reading 211/5. India lost Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy in the ten delivery space, and England was one wicket away from triggering another fall. The collapse that was seen in both innings of the headingley Test, and the fall that forced India to add more depth to their batting.However, all the depth would have been thrown out of the window, Jadeja did not drop the anchor with Captain Shubman Gill and navigated out of danger in the final session of the day’s game. With his experience, grit, and stubborn resistance, the left-handed batsman showed why he remained a property in the longest format, a no-barner on the team sheet, and Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin’s choice in the tests.Jadeja (2012), Ashwin (2011), Kohli (2011), and Rohit (2013) performed their first performance in the whites close to each other, and while the last three called it a day, the all-rounder is getting stronger and does not look like going anywhere soon. Repeatedly, their place has come under the scanner, and the shots were removed on them even after the headingley test.What does he do in response? He lets his performance talk for the beginning, and when the sword comes out for a little dance, it is a comfortable view that the crisis works when it matters the most.At the place where his name is on the Honors Board near the reception for the centenary to score three years ago, Jadeja was close to a repetition before it was less than eleven runs on a 2 -day lunch stroke.
Getting through an infection for a dressing room and starting a trip under a new test captain, Jadeja has now become a senior supporter who has seen the appropriate part of the movement during his long international career. His entry into the Indian Test dressing room came at one time when senior seniors like Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh were either coming out or reaching there.With the choice of Kohli, Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, and Cheteshwar Pujara, Jadeja soon became a chief member of the test unit – both houses and distant and preferred options for foreign testing assignments. Criticism often came in its way to not take a bag of wickets in army countries, but his job was not going to take major wickets, but the support for the speed battery was kept by Kohli and Shastri and then carried forward by Rohit and Rahul Dravid.Useful batting and gun fielding completed the package and made it a clear option to expert spinner R Ashwin in the squad. The off-spinner, who often competed with the left-armor for the loan spinner spot away from home, beautifully explained what Jadeja brings to the table and why he continues to slip under the radar and is not celebrated enough.“Jadeja always goes under the radar. He is a ‘Jackpot Jango.” He is +10 in the region, bowls well, and is also bats in pressure conditions. We do not give enough credit to Jadeja. Even at this age, he can cover the entire area up to the feet of the deep square for a long time while standing on the mid-wicket, “Ashwin said on his YouTube channel earlier this year.He made his debut in a playing XI, where the current coach Gautam Gambhir was still the 2012 Home Series vs. Opposition, Opener in England. This was a series India lost 2–1, which forced the then selectors and team management to start the future preparations-the future which Jadeja’s name was continuously written on the team sheet.
