Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara was all praise for the veteran Ravindra Jadeja For his key knock on Day 4 (Tuesday, December 17) of the ongoing third Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Gabba.
The 36-year-old batted at No.7 when India were in dire straits, losing half their side for just 74 runs. Jadeja looked solid and put up a vital partnership of 67 runs off 115 balls. KL RahulIt helps India fight. While Rahul was dismissed for 84 off 139 balls, Jadeja showed great resilience to reach 50 from 82 in his 22nd Test.
Talkative Star SportsPujara said the partnership between KL Rahul and Jadeja was crucial and demonstrated why the veteran all-rounder was picked for the team. He said:
“The partnership between KL and Jadeja was the best partnership of this innings and things are looking better now. And KL has shown that if you apply yourself, if you bat well, it's a good pitch where you can score runs. It's a very difficult pitch where you can't survive or bat not”.
He added:
“So yeah, I mean it's a new ball and KL showed that today. And even Ravindra's important contribution because he was picked as a batter and showed why he was picked.”
At the time of writing, the visitors were 194-7 after 60 overs, with Jadeja still on 59 and Mohammad Siraj yet to score. India trailed by 251 runs, Australia scored 445 in their first innings, with centuries from Steven Smith (101) and Head of Travis (152).
Ravindra Jadeja has an average of over 50 with the bat in Tests in Australia
After being dropped from the first two Tests, Ravindra Jadeja proved his worth in the ongoing third Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Jadeja, playing his fifth Test in Australia, has so far scored 234 runs in six innings at an average of 58.50, including three fifties. In addition, he scored 14 goals.
Edited by Parag Jain