Seasoned allrounder Ravindra Jadeja is thriving in the role of a senior statesman of the young Indian team after the ‘big three’ of the national side i.e. R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their retirements.
Along with R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja used to construct India’s Test wins at home, however his accomplishments stayed off the eyes of people. Virat Kohli was the superstar of the team without a doubt.
Now with R Ashwin, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma hanging their boots, Jadeja is by far the senior most member of the side. Yet, he remains unassuming about his ways and does his job efficiently, especially with the bat in the ongoing series in England.
He made 89 and 69 not out in that famous win in Birmingham before racking up two more fifty plus scores in the following Test. His 61 not out at Lord’s almost took India over the line as he batted sensibly with Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj to take the game deep from 112 for eight.
The 36-year-old has defended as well as anyone in the series and when needed, has used the long handle to good effect. He remains the best fielder and though he was able to extract some turn both at Edgbaston and Lord’s, wickets have eluded him in the series.
Besides being invaluable in all facets of the game, Jadeja is also mentoring the young blood in the team and of late has developed a strong bond with Kuldeep Yadav, who has been warming up the bench since the start of the series despite the clamour for his inclusion.
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