ENG vs IND: “These are the qualities of an elite all-rounder” – Zaheer Khan lauds Ravindra Jadeja
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Zaheer Khan and Ravindra Jadeja
Former India speedster Zaheer Khan has leapt massive praises for all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja after he scored an outstanding half-century during the first innings against England in the Nottingham Test.
Several cricket fans and experts had earlier questioned the selection of Jadeja over Ravi Ashwin owing to the former’s superior batting skills. However, the southpaw justified his place in the playing XI with a knock of 56 runs which came at a critical situation after a collapse in the middle-order.
Meanwhile, the Saurashtra cricketer also joined the ace list of Indian all-rounders with 2000 runs and 200 wickets in Test cricket. After Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Ashwin, Jadeja became the fifth player to do so for the Asian Giants.
During Cricbuzz’s show ‘Cricket Chatter’ at the end of day three’s play, Zaheer Khan has stated that Jadeja has all the qualities of an ‘elite all-rounder’.
“We can say that. It is not like Ravindra Jadeja has played just 10-15 Tests. He is playing his 53rd Test, which is a substantial sample size. If a player has played more than 50 matches and maintains such decent batting and bowling averages after scoring more than 2000 Test runs, he should be in the discussion when speaking about top all-rounders. It is not like he scored all his runs in Indian conditions and struggled in overseas conditions. He has had the best average among all the Indians in overseas Tests since 2018. These are the qualities of an elite all-rounder,” Zaheer Khan said
Zaheer Khan expects great performance from Jadeja in bowling as well
The former cricketer highlighted that the pitch is now three days old and might assist the spinners from hereon. Khan expressed his expectations from Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling during England’s second innings.
“He hit a fifty in the batting department, and in England’s second innings, the pitch might provide at least some assistance to spin as it is three days old now. I am hopeful that Jadeja will display a similar kind of form with the ball as well in the second innings,” he concluded.
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