Ravindra Jadeja - Second fastest to get 300 wickets and 3000 runs in Test cricket

[The Bald Eagle]

Kumar Sangakkara shares his uncanny resemblance between Shahid Afridi and Ravindra Jadeja:

“He completes his over in no time. Jadeja is a bit like Shahid Afridi, who used to rush in as a bowler. The English batters are not even ready on time and the umpire is right to tell them to stop wasting time. Once the bowler get ready to bowl, the batter can’t take time,”

 

[Ab Fan]

Jadeja batted really well in this game and bowled well too. He was very tight and accurate with his line and length. More economic than a Sundar and Reddy. Prasidh was poor. Did the job of an A/R. He should be in the wickets column in 2nd inning.

 

[BouncerGuy]

His inning of 91 is gonna haunt india for few more series...LOL..

Misfired bullet doing some damage but it is of no use.

 

[Ab Fan]

He has proved that he is a better player than anyone Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh has produced since 2000 except for Kumar Sangakkara .

 

[Bhaijaan]

Absolutely useless outside India as a bowler and it’s a tragedy that Ashwin nmissed out on so many tests abroad because they been favouring Jadeja ahead of him when Ashwin clearly had more potential to develop as a touring spinner. He was getting better and better only but the some people in our Team Management have been so stupid they ruined his career for a halwa spinner like Jadeja who cannot pick a wicket abroad if his life depended on it.

 

[RamLakhan]

Absolutely useless outside India as a bowler and it’s a tragedy that Ashwin nmissed out on so many tests abroad because they been favouring Jadeja ahead of him when Ashwin clearly had more potential to develop as a touring spinner. He was getting better and better only but the some people in our Team Management have been so stupid they ruined his career for a halwa spinner like Jadeja who cannot pick a wicket abroad if his life depended on it.

It has more to do with lack of pure test batsmen in our lineup (reliable No.6 batsman) due to which we were forced to frame an aggressive (so-called) 5 bowlers strategy including bits and piece players... Since Jadeja is good at it (stats say he is more consistent batsman than any specialist batsman that we tried) so he is picked... This opens up another spot in the team (to accomodate a seam bowling alrounder like Thakur, Nitish, Vijayshankar, etc... Pandya was the best among them - like Jadeja, but he has fitness issues for tests) because we cannot afford another pure batsman or pure bowler (which will upset the balance of the team).

If we had someone like Root (Yuvaraj or Sehwag kind of player) who can roll his arm a bit and be decent at that, then we could have got rid of Jadeja (because Jadeja is no better than Root - the bowler, just that he can bowl bit more number of overs) and then we could have had 4 proper seam bowlers (with 1 or 2 of them bit decent with bat - at least good at holding bat like Akash Deep or Ishant in the past). OR 3 full-fledged seamers + 1 specialist spinner like Kuldeep.

Also now we are facing scarcity of decent seam bowlers (after the exit of Shami, Ishant...), so we are trying to accomodate all kind of alrounders to create virtual balance...

Also we should give a long run for someone like Kuldeep (or any specialist wrist spinners - it is wrist spinners who usually succeed in SENA. Lyon - an offspinner is an exception - he is very good at exploiting rough patches on the pitch... OR you need high quality finger spinners like Santner...) Kuldeep should ideally get 1 full series (overseas) to see how he develops & copes with these conditions...

Maybe we will see all these happening after the retirement of Jadeja... OR we may develop Axar/Sundar to be the new Jadeja (choosen to cover the batting, more than bowling overseas). If they are so much required, let them play as specialist batsman and allow for selection of another specialist spinner... So as many think (rightly) Kuldeep should be selected as main spinner and only 1 out of Jadeja/Sundar should be playing... Even England have Bashir (their main spinner whatever may be his quality) and part-timers Root/Brook (Jadeja/Sundar should visualize themselves as specialist batsmen).

So ideally our bowling attack should be:
Bumrah
Siraj
Akash Deep
Kuldeep
Sundar/Jadeja

and we should develop other backup pace bowlers (looks like Prasidh is not good quality) to rotate...

 

[Ab Fan]

It is highly disrespectful to call Jadeja two steps below Imran as a bowler. Jadeja has been an outstanding match-winner with the ball.

He has played a huge role in establishing the 2015-2021 Indian team as the GOAT Asian Test team in history.

Jadeja in the last 5 years & 30 Tests has averaged 46 with the bat and 26 with the ball, and 16 of these 30 Tests have been outside Asia.

This is a staggering record. A peak all-round performance that puts him in the pantheons of legendary all-rounders.

This is what Mamoon said a while back. Good reading above for those posters who have mood swings frequently.

Jadeja averages 26 with the ball in those 30 tests and 16 were played outside Asia. All hail Jadeja!

 

[The Bald Eagle]

A fighting innings for his side, Ravindra Jadeja on 49* against England in a thrilling Lord's Test

 

[Mamoon]

He showed his limitations as a batsman. He had the opportunity to pull of a 2019 Stokes but didn’t back his hitting ability.

He was trying to nudge the ball around and hoping to get to the target by picking up 1s and 2s but the tail was never going to survive for that long.

That six that he hit off Woakes is something he should have done more often when he was batting with Bumrah and Siraj.

 

[Ab Fan]

A Stuart Broad level test bowler and Imran Khan level test batsman. Accept that I am right.

 

[shamaan]

Jadeja did his best but unfortunately wasn't good enough in terms of match result.

 

[mominsaigol]

A Stuart Broad level test bowler and Imran Khan level test batsman. Accept that I am right.

No, that is overdoing it.

Its more accurate to say that he is

A) HTB spinner
B) Avg overseas spinner
C) Above Avg Batter who is utility

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Good fight by Jadeja, he is not a good six hitter and would have perished of he tried that.

Great show of character and grit. Proud fan …

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Good fight by Jadeja, he is not a good six hitter and would have perished of he tried that.

Great show of character and grit. Proud fan …

@mominsaigol

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

No, that is overdoing it.

Its more accurate to say that he is

A) HTB spinner
B) Avg overseas spinner
C) Above Avg Batter who is utility

Well you basically described Stuart Broad, he was also more of an HTB and average away from home especially in Asian conditions.

 

[mominsaigol]

Well you basically described Stuart Broad, he was also more of an HTB and average away from home especially in Asian conditions.

Broad didnt get tailor made doctored pitches to support him. The comparison is also stupid as Jadeja's comparison should be with allrounders and not Bowler + Batsmen.

What kind of logic is this? Jadeja is a broad level bowler even though broad is a pacer and an imran Khan level batsmen?

Just compare him to Imran lol. And decide whos better.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Broad didnt get tailor made doctored pitches to support him. The comparison is also stupid as Jadeja's comparison should be with allrounders and not Bowler + Batsmen.

What kind of logic is this? Jadeja is a broad level bowler even though broad is a pacer and an imran Khan level batsmen?

Just compare him to Imran lol. And decide whos better.

If Jadeja got tailor made pitches that support his bowling than what explain his average of 40 on the same tailor made pitches lol.

Broad was a HTB he thrived only on pitches meant for pacers and that why he failed in Asia.

I am not like you or others here who want to live in delusion and compare him to someone like Imran, he is nowhere near Imran.

 

[mominsaigol]

If Jadeja got tailor made pitches that support his bowling than what explain his average of 40 on the same tailor made pitches lol.

Broad was a HTB he thrived only on pitches meant for pacers and that why he failed in Asia.

I am not like you or others here who want to live in delusion and compare him to someone like Imran, he is nowhere near Imran.

I haven't compared him to Imran. He is a joker to Imran .

It is not the same. Overseas spinners get max 3 to 5 tests every 3-4 years while jadeja gets to play 10 tests per cycle on said pitches. He knows them better and has practised on them.

Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel outperformed Evsry English batter including root on doctored pitches, Doesn't mean they are better test batters and that Pakistani bowlers are better, Although Noman is still > Bashir.

 

[Ab Fan]

Broad didnt get tailor made doctored pitches to support him. The comparison is also stupid as Jadeja's comparison should be with allrounders and not Bowler + Batsmen.

What kind of logic is this? Jadeja is a broad level bowler even though broad is a pacer and an imran Khan level batsmen?

Just compare him to Imran lol. And decide whos better.

2017 Ind vs Aus home series. The series in which Smith showed his prowess with bat and was a well fought series. Guess who was player of series?

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Jaddu is an ATG of the game.

All that needs to be established what tier he is in.

We can have that debate when his career is over.

What a player.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Ravindra Jadeja Joins MS Dhoni, Rishabh Pant In Elite List After Valiant Knock vs England

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja's lone-warrior effort at Lord's did go in vain, but nonetheless, he registered his name in the record books as he completed 7,000 international runs and joined players like Rishabh Pant, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi in record books. Jadeja continued to prove his worth as a specialist batter, with another set of twin half-centuries at the 'Home of Cricket'. But Jadeja never really got to pull off his trademark sword celebration as Team India fell 22 runs short of what would have been one of India's best wins away from home.

The veteran all-rounder completed his 7,000 international runs. In 361 international appearances, Jadeja has scored 7,018 runs at an average of 33.41, with four centuries and 39 fifties in 302 innings and a best score of 175*.

In 83 Tests, he has scored 3,697 runs at an average of 36.97, with four centuries and 26 fifties, with his best score being 175*. This is his most successful format with the bat. In three matches during this series, he has made 327 runs in six innings at an average of 109.00, with four fifties. His best score is 89. He is the fifth-highest run-getter in the series so far.

He has joined the elite company of Pant (five fifty-plus scores between 2021-25) and Ganguly (four fifty-plus scores in 2002) as the third player with four or more successive fifty-plus scores in England.

Besides the legendary Vinoo Mankad (72 and 184 back in 1952), he is the only Indian with fifty-plus scores in both innings at Lord's.

He has also joined MAK Pataudi (64 and 148 against England, Leeds in 1967 and 75 and 85 against Australia at Melbourne 1967), MS Dhoni (52 and 56* against New Zealand at Wellington in 2009 and 77 and 74* against England at Birmingham, 2011) to be amongst Indians to have multiple instances of twin fifty-plus scores in South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia (SENA) Tests while batting at number six or lower.

Jadeja also overtook legendary VVS Laxman (28 fifty-plus scores), registering his 29th fifty-plus score batting at number six or below for India, third-highest by an Indian with Kapil Dev (35) and MS Dhoni (38) above him.

England won the toss and opted to bat first. England was reduced to 44/2, but a 109-run stand between Ollie Pope (44 in 104 balls, with four boundaries) and Joe Root (104 in 199 balls, with 10 fours) and a counter-attacking 84 run stand for the eighth wicket stand between Brydon Carse (56 in 83 balls, with six fours and a six) and Jamie Smith (51 in 56 balls, with six fours) took England to 387.

Jasprit Bumrah (5/74) was the highlight for India with the ball.

In the second innings, India lost Yashasvi Jaiswal early, but a 61-run stand between Karun Nair (26 in 46 balls, with five fours) and KL Rahul and a 141-run stand between KL (100 in 177 balls, with 13 fours) and Rishabh Pant (74 in 112 balls, with eight fours and two sixes) took India close to England's score.

A brilliant half-century from Ravindra Jadeja (72 in 131 balls, with eight fours and a six) and lower-order contributions from Nitish Kumar Reddy (30) and Washington Sundar (23) took India to 387, with nothing separating the sides.

Chris Woakes (3/84) was the top bowler for England in this innings.

In England's second innings, India continuously kept England under pressure, except for a 67-run fifth wicket stand between Root (40 in 96 balls, with a four) and Stokes (33 in 96 balls, with three fours). Sundar (4/22) delivered a game-changer spell, running through the middle-order and bundling out England for 192. India was set 193 to win.

During the run-chase, Team India was reduced to 82/7. However, Jadeja (61* in 181 balls, with four boundaries and a six) was not in a mood to give up. He put up resilient partnerships with the lower-order batters that put England under tension, but Mohammed Siraj's unlucky dismissal, where the ball spun back to the stumps following its landing on the pitch hurt a million of hearts as India was bundled out for 170.

India trails 1-2 in the series. Stokes won the 'Player of the Match' for his handy knocks of 44 and 33 and total of five wickets in the match, including a three-wicket haul taken in the second innings taken in tandem with Jofra Archer, who also got three wickets.

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