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Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with skipper Shubman Gill aft taking the wicket of West Indies' Brandon King. (PTI Photo)
NEW DELHI: All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja continued to radiance arsenic India dominated West Indies successful the archetypal Test astatine Ahmedabad, scoring an unbeaten period and taking 4 wickets successful the 2nd innings to gain the ‘Player of the Match’ award.
Following the win, Jadeja was asked astir chasing the legendary Kapil Dev’s treble of 400 Test wickets and 5,000 runs.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!With diagnostic humility, Jadeja laughed disconnected the pressure. “Sir you are putting unit connected maine present (laughs). Now I would person to deliberation of scoring 1,000 runs oregon truthful and taking 60-70 much wickets (laughs). At this signifier of my career, I americium conscionable enjoying my cricket.
I americium not reasoning astir milestones and records, conscionable moving connected my fittingness and enjoying my cricket. I ever enactment connected my fittingness truthful that I tin proceed doing what I person been doing for truthful galore years,” helium said.Jadeja’s numbers talk volumes. In 86 Tests, helium has amassed 3,990 runs astatine 38.73, with six centuries and 27 fifties, alongside 334 wickets astatine 25.07, including 15 five-wicket hauls and 3 ten-wicket matches.
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Do you deliberation Ravindra Jadeja tin surpass Kapil Dev's grounds of 400 Test wickets and 5,000 runs?
Yes, definitelyNo, it’s excessively ambitiousMaybe, depending connected his fitness
Reflecting connected his existent form, Jadeja said batting astatine fig six has allowed him to gait his innings better.
“I had been batting astatine fig 8 and 9 a fewer years agone but present I got my spot astatine 6. I person clip to hole myself, and I tin gait my innings. I bash not request to hurry, I bash not request to unreserved unnecessarily,” helium explained.India had enactment West Indies nether unit early, with Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, and Washington Sundar exploiting a superb wicket to vessel them retired for 162. In reply, KL Rahul (100), Dhruv Jurel (125), and Jadeja (104) propelled India to 448/5 declared, mounting up a monolithic lead.
The visitors were dismissed for 146 successful their 2nd innings, giving India an innings and 140-run victory.Jadeja besides praised the squad absorption and skipper
Shubman Gill
, emphasising corporate effort and guidance for the rotation unit. “Everyone is experienced enough, and determination is nary request to springiness unnecessary suggestions… Everyone is moving hard. Everyone is positive, that is bully to see,” helium concluded.India present pb the bid 1-0, with the 2nd Test scheduled successful Delhi from October 10.
