Ravindra Jadeja News: India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series. This Test played in Mohali will be remembered in many ways, such as India won the first Test under Rohit’s captaincy, Kohli completed 8000 runs in his 100th Test, Ashwin overtook Kapil Dev in terms of most wickets in Tests and In the end, Jadeja’s brilliant performance and his decisions taken in the interest of the team.
Ravindra Jadeja had a great chance to score a double century in this match, but he decided to declare the innings, taking a decision in the interest of the team. After this, he once again took a decision in the interest of the team while bowling without being selfish while he had a great chance of making a world record by taking more than 150 runs in an innings and 10 wickets in the match. This story was told by his fellow spinner R Ashwin himself.
Speaking to the broadcaster after the match, Ashwin said, “He (Jadeja) has really come a long way in the last four-five years. I think he’s a little bit in terms of the way he’s batting at the moment. Playing lower down the order. His batting has gone up a notch. He knows what he is doing and it shows in the way he bats.”
He further said, “In the middle of the match, we both realized that Jayant had not bowled much. Who is our third spinner, it was important for us to take care of him. Jaddu decided to leave his over and let Jayant from his end. Will give me a chance to bowl from where the ball was spinning and then I also let go of my end. Jaddu was generous enough to drop the ball first.”
Let us tell you, the second match of the Test series is to be played from March 12 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This will be a pink ball test. By winning this match, the eyes of Team India will be on cleaning the visiting team after T20 in the Test series as well.