After sustaining an infamous Injury which saw him get ruled out of the the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, India’s premium All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has returned to the cricketing circuit. He is leading Suarashtra at the Ranji Trophy and on his return, the 34-year-old ran riots against Tamil Nadu.
Jadeja removed 7 Tamil Nadu batters in the 2nd innings of their Ranji tie at the Chidambaram stadium. His return to the circuit could not have been any better as he laid the foundation for restricting Tamil nadu for 133 in their 2nd innings.
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Jaddu’s banger was also more important because Tamil Nadu had a decent 1st innings where they scored 324 runs and have now asked Saurashtra to chase a total 266 runs with 86 overs to go. Meanwhile, Jadeja took charge and bowled like the main bowler of the team which had made him a starter before his Injury.
Ravindra Jadeja bags 7-wicket haul against Tamil Nadu in Ranji Trophy return
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In his return, the 34-year-old bowled 17 overs and went for only 53 runs with 7 wickets on his bag. His body labguage i the first innings was completely different as he looked slightly nervous and took just 1 wicket. But it did not take much time for him to settle down with the conditions.
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He has already been included in the squad for India during the Border-Gavaskar trophy and his performance today will bring smiles to the Indian management and captain Rohit Sharma. The left-arm off-spinner began his wicket taking spree with Shahrukh Khan becoming the first recipient.
And after that Tamil Nadu got blew off like a house of card as Jadeja then removed Baba Indrajith, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Viay Shankar, S Ajith Ram, M Siddharth and Sandeep Warrier. His form could provide Rahul Dravid an upper hand in the first test against Australia at Nagpur on February 9.
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After an outstanding bowling spell, Jadeja’s side will be looking to chase down the target but if Ravindra Jadeja gets a chance, he will be keen to produce with the bat because so are we!
