Ravindra Jadeja made a triumphant return to the Indian cricket team after an absence of five months, earning the Player of the Match award in the first Test against Australia in Nagpur. He performed almost flawlessly with the ball, taking five wickets and scoring a crucial 70 runs in the first innings.
An all-round match-winning performance to mark a comeback to remember! ,@imjadeja as player of the match #TeamIndia won by an innings and 132 runs
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After the match, Jadeja responded to Australia’s complaints about the pitch, suggesting that he had already formed his opinion about the playing surface before coming to India. He also questioned why India has a problem playing to its strengths.
He said, “I think he could see the roughness from the time he was sitting in flight. The environment he created that it would spin, it didn’t spin as much. If we see, he got out more on straight balls.” Done. We are also out.” Jadeja told Star Sports, lbw out on straight balls.
“It is bound to happen in India as we will definitely play to our team’s strengths. Our fast bowlers are also good but spinners win more matches and take wickets in India, so why should we play with our strengths?” Shouldn’t go.” Added.
This was Jadeja’s first international match after the 2022 Asia Cup. He missed the 2022 T20 World Cup due to a knee injury that required surgery. In his return match in Ranji Trophy in January between Saurashtra and Tamil Nadu, he took an impressive 7 wickets in Chennai. Apart from Jadeja’s all-round performance, India’s win over Australia was also due to Rohit Sharma’s century, Axar Patel’s 84 and Ravichandran Ashwin’s five-wicket haul.