Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rohit Raj
Updated Sun, 06 Mar 2022 07:35 PM IST
Summary
The Indian cricket team defeated Sri Lanka in the first match of the two-Test series. He won the first Test by an innings and 222 runs to his name. Ravindra Jadeja was the hero of Team India’s victory in this match.
Ravindra Jadeja
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The Indian cricket team defeated Sri Lanka in the first match of the two-Test series. He won the first Test by an innings and 222 runs to his name. Ravindra Jadeja was the hero of Team India’s victory in this match. Apart from making an unbeaten 175 in the first innings, he took a total of nine wickets in the bowling. He was adjudged man of the match. Jadeja described Mohali as his lucky ground after the match.
Jadeja said, “This ground has been lucky for me. Whenever I come to this Mohali, I do well. When Rishabh Pant was batting, I was watching him comfortably. At that time I batted completely patiently. I was trying to support him well. I don’t know much about statistics and records.”
Jadeja put the Indian team in a strong position. He first shared a 104-run partnership with Rishabh Pant. He then added 130 runs with Ravichandran Ashwin and then finally shared an unbeaten 103 runs with Mohammed Shami for the ninth wicket. With this, the team made a strong score of 574 runs for eight wickets. In reply, Sri Lanka were all out for 174 runs in the first innings and 178 runs in the second innings.
Jadeja further said, “I am happy with my performance. It feels good when you perform like this. I did not do anything different in my batting. Believed in my abilities and just kept on moving the innings smoothly. Initially, I try to stay at the crease and then hit the shots. I don’t try to do anything different while batting.
Team India will now play the second test match in Bangalore after Mohali. This match will be played with pink ball i.e. Day-Night Test. Jadeja has not played a day-night test match yet. Regarding this, he said that this will be a new challenge. Hopefully something new will happen in that match. The Indian team will play a Day-Night Test match for the third time at home. Earlier, she has played pink ball matches against Bangladesh and England.