2024-09-20 14:35:32
Published: 20:33, 20 September 2024
Ravindra Jadeja might not have imagined that Liton Das would do such a thing. The ball is starting to get a little old. Rohit grasped the opportunity and gave the ball to Jadeja after Ashwin. The left-arm spinner got success in his fourth over. India were getting trapped for Lytton. A few days ago he played an innings of 150 runs against Pakistan. Even today in the team’s disaster, Drishinandan was shining a few shots.
India blocked him with a full guard on the onside leaving only one fielder at deep square leg to stop him. Jadeja also continued to bowl outside the offstump. Lytton was unable to take the run. Taito slogs the ball outside the offstump. The ball hits the surface of the bat and is caught by Dhruv Jurel, the only fielder on the boundary. Liton returned to Sajghar after scoring 22 runs off 42 balls.
Jadeja then invited Shakib to reverse sweep and showed him the way to the dressing room. Jadeja started this Test with 294 wickets. He increased the number by taking 2 wickets. He has his eye on three hundred wickets. The left-arm spin all-rounder wants to reach the milestone of three hundred wickets in Test cricket.
In an interview given to Production after the second day’s play, Jadeja said, ‘Happy with his bowling. There is a chance to take my 300 wickets in Test cricket at this ground. I will definitely try.’
Jadeja played a sparkling innings of 86 runs with the bat before taking 2 wickets in the bowling. There was a chance of a century. But at the start of the day on Friday, Taskin’s leaping ball failed to move the bat and was caught behind the wicket. It broke his 199-run partnership with Ashwin. Jadeja is satisfied with his batting despite not getting a century, ‘I got out…actually it could have happened. routine matter. The wicket was good for batting. There is support for the pacers.’
The pair of Ashwin and Jadeja was excellent to save the team from danger and bring in big capital. Ashwin got a century. Jadeja said about his pair, ‘Ashwin doesn’t need any advice. I just told him, we will not take any wrong decision. Because the wicket was good for batting. We will only take singles. We don’t need to run hard and take two runs. He played very well. His game at home is a wonderful innings.’
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