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News India Live, Digital Desk: The result of the second ODI played between India and South Africa in Raipur was a bit heart-breaking for all of us. Team India put around 300 runs on the board, which looks like a good score. But when the match ended, South Africa won.
Now after defeat there is post mortem. This time former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan The biggest reason for the defeat Ravindra Jadeja Is considered to be slow batting. He clearly said that Jadeja did not play his role properly.
After all, what mistake did Jadeja do?
We consider Jadeja to be the best all-rounder and ‘finisher’ in the world. When he comes to the crease, it is expected that he will destroy the bowlers in the last 5-10 overs. But in this match the situation turned upside down.
Pointing to the statistics, Irfan Pathan said that Jadeja had batted at the end of the innings. Played 27 balls and scored only 24 runs. (Unbeaten). This is very disappointing in terms of death overs in ODI cricket in the T20 era. Strike rate less than 100!
“There was a huge lack of intent”
Irfan Pathan said in his analysis that despite being a set batsman at that stage of the match, Jadeja was not even trying to hit boundaries. He said, “It was very disappointing to see this. Jadeja is one of the senior players of the team, he should have known that dew is going to fall later. Bowlers face problems in dew, so India should have scored at least 20-30 more runs.”
Pathan believes that if Jadeja had taken a little risk and played aggressive cricket, India’s score could have gone up to 320-330, which could have changed the outcome of the match. The way Team India’s run rate dropped in the last overs, it gave momentum to the opposition team.
Responsibility expected from senior player
There is no doubt that Jadeja is a match winner, but Irfan was angry at the fact that he did not even “try”. When you have wickets in hand, you can’t be happy with a single-double.
Well, such days keep coming in cricket. It is expected that ‘Sir Jadeja’ will give a befitting reply to his critics with the bat in the next match.
What do you think? Did Jadeja’s slow innings really cost India dearly? Please give your opinion in the comments!