Ravindra Jadeja has made an ideal return to the Indian workforce after a prolonged damage layoff. The allrounder picked his eleventh five-wicket haul in Tests on Thursday in opposition to Australia, earlier than scoring his 18th half-century on Day 2 of the primary Test in opposition to Australia in Nagpur on Friday. «It was (a) difficult (phase) as I have missed a lot of cricket in the last five months, missed important tournaments (Asia Cup and World T20). Rehabs are tough for players and even tougher is to keep the level of performance post rehab. You need that confidence and there are always doubts that (whether) post injury your performance will remain the same or not,» he mentioned on Thursday.

After his half-century on Friday, Jadeja as soon as once more celebrates together with his trademark ‘sword-play’ with the bat.

And the trademark celebration is right here @imjadeja

Live — https://t.co/edMqDi4dkU #INDvAUS @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/Q1TPXZVLfE

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 10, 2023

Twitter customers had been completely happy after the gifted star’s good return to worldwide cricket.

the most effective celebration from an Indian until now#Jaddu

— Achal Sharma (@achalsharma17) February 10, 2023

Talwar utaake aise marte hai Opponent kho
In type all rounder for 🇮🇳 in take a look at since 2018

— Aditya H (@Adidatae9486T) February 10, 2023

What a comeback it has been for the rockstar ! Proving to be our disaster man but once more

— (@a_gaurav19) February 10, 2023

Talking concerning the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Skipper Rohit Sharma conjured one his most spectacular Test tons of beneath strain in opposition to a top quality Australian assault as India vaulted to a vital 144-run lead within the series-opener after ending the day two at 321 for 7.  Rohit (120) displayed class and composure of the best order and within the course of grew to become the primary Indian captain to have scored a century in all three codecs.

While Rohit’s ninth Test hundred is price its weight in gold, Ravindra Jadeja’s (66 not out) 18th half-century can also be priceless. The all-rounder’s knock can be equally essential within the context of the sport.

Jadeja as soon as once more confirmed his true price by including 61 runs for the sixth wicket with Rohit and one other 81 runs for the unconquered eighth-wicket with Axar Patel (52 batting), who can also be enjoying a nice hand.

It was a battle of attrition for Indian batters, particularly Rohit and Jadeja with the house workforce placing on board 244 runs on the second day.

On a gradual observe the place different batters discovered the run-scoring extraordinarily tough, the Indian captain was concentration-personified.

With PTI inputs

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