Will Young, Tom Blundell, Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, and Matt Henry. These were the players that Ravindra Jadeja needed to get to his 14th fifer in Tests, on the first day of the third encounter in Mumbai. Jadeja, CSKs IPL retention for 18 Cr showed, why he is still one of the best in the business, and put a batting line up under pressure, which was riding high on confidence after 2 back-to-back wins.
That fifer also meant that Jaddu now surpassed Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan, in the list of highest wicket-takers for India in Tests. In fact, now he has moved on to the fifth spot, and is just behind Harbhajan Singh at 417, then Kapil Dev at 434, R Ashwin at 533, and Anil Kumble at 619.
Despite India’s lackluster performance in the IND vs NZ series so far, Ravindra Jadeja has been decent with the bat and the ball. In the first match, he claimed three wickets, while in the second, he picked three again, and also scored 80 runs. His last fifer had come in September against Bangladesh, where he bagged 5/77 in Chennai, close to a couple of months back.
IND vs NZ, Third Test
As far as the match is concerned, Team India made only one change in the playing XI, from the Pune Test. Jasprit Bumrah was rested, and instead, Mohammed Siraj was preferred. Washington Sundar, who was mighty impressive in second match, was retained in the team.
Meanwhile, after batting first, the Kiwis were in deep trouble at 229/9. Apart from Jaddu, Sundar also picked up a few wickets. R Ashwin went wicketless in the first innings.
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