Behind the sunglasses there’s this astute thinker in form of 28-year-old left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who bowls with such accuracy and great discipline that has bothered most batters in the recent past.
The social media favourite Jadeja, who’s also known as ‘Jaddu’ always wants to be the focus of attention; delivers his best with the bat and ball and in the field too – to boost his team’s morale.
The Gujarat lad is a winner. This makes him special, as he had to deal with the trolls he countered, motivating himself as an individual.
But when he in some kind of a mood, he steals the show.
Ravindra Jadeja played 25 Tests which is spread over 47 innings, bagged 111 wickets which includes 6 five wicket hauls.
Here’s his top 5 Test bowling performances:
5. 5 for 73 against New Zealand at Kanpur
In September 2016, Ravindra Jadeja picked 5 wickets for 73 runs from 34 overs in the first Test against New Zealand at Kanpur.
On Day Three after lunch, in the 95th over Jadeja picked three wickets in the 2nd, 3rd and last ball of the over to give India a lead of crucial 56 runs after sending back Mark Craig, Ish Sodhi and Trent Boult.
India won the match comfortably by 197 runs.