Ravindra Jadeja was pillar of strength for India as he took India to 292 runs after they were down and out at 160 for 6 wickets. The Saurashtra all-rounder first formed a 77 run partnership with debutant Hanuma Vihari(56) and then batted with lower order batsman to take India’s total close to 300. He was not included for the first four test and came into the team after R. Ashwin was not available following injury concerns. The 29-year-old cricketer picked four wickets in the first innings and then batted sensibly to keep India in the game and his efforts brought happiness and smile to faces of many Indian fans. They took to twitter to express their excitement on watching a masterclass from Jadeja.
Four wickets in the first innings of an overseas Test for Jadeja…a measured half century to boot. Don’t be surprised if Jadeja plays ahead of Ashwin in the first Test vs Aus. #Impressive
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 9, 2018
Wonderful from Jadeja. And I hope Shami was watching what can happen if you hang in for a while
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 9, 2018
Jadeja batting so well with the tail…. A man from Ranchi would be so proud #EngvInd
— Naveen (@ImNsamy) September 9, 2018
This is the first time I’ve come anywhere close to believing that Ravindra Jadeja has three triple centuries in first class cricket. #ENGvIND
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) September 9, 2018
Ravindrasinh Jadeja of the house Rajput
First of His Name
The Sir of Indian cricket
King of First Class 300s
Breaker of Hardik Pandya’s career
Khaleesa of batting with tail-endersLegend! #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/nxSbXZfiR1
— Manya (@CSKian716) September 9, 2018
Jadejaaaaaa trolled the whole Indian team in this tour by his single knock.#ENGvIND #INDvENG #jadeja
— PERPLEXED?? (@madmaxhur) September 9, 2018
Before Jadeja, the last I saw anyone playing that long with the tail was my sister’s Alstatian.
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) September 9, 2018
Akash this is a telling selection see my tweet from four days back. Jadeja will play all overseas tests ahead of Ashwin unless he keeps failing: much as i like Ash this i think is now the reality.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) September 9, 2018
When you realise Jadeja is the best left handed batsman in the Indian test team #EngvInd pic.twitter.com/scbeppVDuB
— Naveen (@ImNsamy) September 9, 2018
Jadeja advising Indian players how to bat in overseas conditions pic.twitter.com/WhOSegxQPU
— Faking News (@fakingnews) September 9, 2018
