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Jadeja stars as India crush West Indies inside three days

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja starred with bat and ball as India hammered West Indies by an innings and 140 runs inside three days of the first Test on Saturday.

India declared on their overnight 448-5, a lead of 286, and then bundled the West Indies out for 146 in the second session at the world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.

It was another heavy and demoralising defeat for West Indies, who are a pale shadow of the team that once ruled world cricket.

Left-handed Jadeja stood out for India with 4-54 from his spin bowling after he hit an unbeaten 104 for his sixth Test century and was named player of the match.

Alick Athanaze, a left-handed number three, made 38 and offered some belated resistance with Justin Greaves in a partnership of 46, but the rest of the West Indies batting fell apart.

Washington Sundar and then pace bowler Mohammed Siraj struck regular blows before Kuldeep Yadav wrapped up the match as the West Indies innings folded in 45.1 overs.

Siraj continued his good form with figures of 4-40 in the first innings after West Indies opted to bat.

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He then extended his tally of wickets this year to 30, after playing a key role in India’s 2-2 draw in England.

India have still not lost a Test to the West Indies at home since 1994.

West Indies were swept 3-0 at home by Australia this year and were bowled out for 27 in the third match — the second-lowest score in Test history.

Their batting woes continued after they won the toss and could only manage a meagre first innings total of 162.

KL Rahul led India’s batting dominance with his 100 before Dhruv Jurel, who made 125, and Jadeja put on 206 for the fifth wicket on Friday.

Jadeja took on the West Indies spinners, hitting left-arm orthodox Jomel Warrican for five sixes.

Chase claimed two wickets, and debutant left-arm spinner Khary Pierre claimed his first in a Test after wicketkeeper-batter Jurel registered his maiden Test century.

West Indies have struggled in the absence of premier fast bowler Alzarri Joseph and Shamar Joseph, both ruled out with injury.

India are strong favourites to win 2-0 against an opposition that is a pale shadow of the team that once ruled world cricket.

The second Test begins on October 10 in New Delhi.

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New vice-captain named as India name squad for West Indies Tests

MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has named senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja as vice-captain of the squad for the upcoming two-Test series against West Indies, beginning next month.

The 36-year-old will serve as Test vice-captain for the first time, though he has previously held the role in ODIs and T20Is.

Jadeja’s elevation comes in the absence of vice-captain Rishabh Pant, who has not recovered fully from the foot fracture he sustained during the fourth Test against England earlier this year.

Shubman Gill, who debuted as Test captain in England, will continue to lead the side. Pant, meanwhile, remains under rehabilitation at the BCCI’s Center of Excellence in Bengaluru.

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Dhruv Jurel and N Jagadeesan are the two designated wicketkeepers in the squad, with Jurel tipped to take the gloves in the first Test.

Several players from the expanded England touring party, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Akash Deep, Anshul Kamboj, Arshdeep Singh, and Shardul Thakur, have been left out of the squad, along with injured Pant.

India’s home assignment against West Indies marks their second series in the 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship cycle, after the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in England ended in a 2–2 draw.

The first Test will be played in Ahmedabad from October 2, followed by the second in Delhi from October 10.

India squad for Test series against West Indies

Shubman Gill (c), Ravindra Jadeja (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, B Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav.

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Dale Steyn criticizes Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar for chasing personal milestones

Former South African pacer Dale Steyn has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the drawn fourth Test between India and England, calling out all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar for chasing personal milestones once the match result was beyond doubt.

With the Test meandering towards a draw, England skipper Ben Stokes offered Jadeja a handshake to end proceedings early.

India, however, declined the gesture, allowing both Jadeja and Sundar to bring up their centuries before the match was eventually called off, a move that didn’t sit well with everyone.

The incident sparked a debate online, with South African spinner Tabraiz Shamsi defending India’s choice. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Shamsi wrote:

“Why is there such a big deal being made about the Indians choosing not to accept the offer to end the game in a draw immediately? The offer was made, the offer was rejected, and they were fully entitled to make their choice. They got their 100s which they worked hard for. Game over.”

But Dale Steyn saw it differently. Responding to Shamsi, he suggested the Indians put personal glory ahead of the spirit of the game.

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“Shamo, this onion has many layers to it, and each one will make someone cry. The only issue I see here is the one thing people aren’t realizing — the batters weren’t playing for 100s, they were batting for a DRAW. That was the goal,” he wrote.

Steyn further added that once the draw was secured, the right thing would’ve been to shake hands.

“It’s not then the time to realize they’re safe and say, ‘No, we’d prefer some free milestones.’ Although within the rules, it just seems a little… well, odd,” he added.

While conceding that Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar batted well, Steyn believed they should’ve accelerated earlier if centuries were on their minds.

“At least then, we could all agree no team tried to outdo the other in this weird situation,” he concluded.

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Ton-up Ashwin steers India out of trouble against Bangladesh

CHENNAI: Bowling all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin smashed a defiant century to lead India’s recovery after a disastrous start against Bangladesh on the opening day of the first Test here at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday.

At the stumps on the opening day, the hosts were in a comfortable position being six down with 339 runs on the board.

Earlier, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto’s dismissal to put India into bat bore fruits as young pacer Hasan Mahmud ran through their top order.

Mahmud dismissed India’s skipper Rohit Sharma (6), Shubman Gill (0) and Virat Kohli (6) in quick succession to leave the hosts reeling at 34/3 just an hour into the game.

Wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant then joined forces with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and together they raised an anchoring fourth-wicket partnership which yielded 62 runs.

The budding partnership was broken by Mahmud, who got rid of Pant. The wicketkeeper batter played a gutsy 39-run knock which featured six boundaries.

Jaiswal was then involved in another crucial partnership for the home side when he added 48 runs for the fifth wicket with KL Rahul.

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But, the hosts, once again failed to convert a budding partnership into a big one as both Jaiswal and Rahul perished in successive overs, resulting in India being reduced to 144/6.

Jaiswal scored 56 off 118 deliveries with the help of nine boundaries, while Rahul played a scratchy 16-run knock.

With India in heaps of trouble, India’s spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja turned the game on its head with a counterattacking partnership.

The pair dominated the Bangladesh bowlers and registered an unbeaten 195-run partnership for the seventh wicket amid which Ashwin brought up his sixth Test century.

When the Stumps were called, Ashwin had scored a brisk 102 off just 112 deliveries with the help of a dozen boundaries including two sixes. Whereas, Jadeja was on the cusp of his fifth century, having scored 86 with the same tally of the boundaries.

Young pacer Hasan Mahmud was the star with the ball for Bangladesh, picking up four wickets, while Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Nahid Rana shared two wickets between them.

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India’s chief selector breaks silence on Ravindra Jadeja’s future in ODIs

India chief selector Ajit Agarkar dismissed the speculations that all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was dropped for the upcoming three-match away ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Agarkar’s clarification came in the wake of a report from the Hindustan Times that claimed that Jadeja is no longer part of the team’s plans for the ODIs.

Days ago, India named a full-fledged squad for their upcoming three-match away ODI series against Sri Lanka with Jadeja a notable exclusion.

According to a source in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the national men’s team’s selectors, led by newly-appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir, want to provide ample opportunities to Axar Patel and Washington Sundar ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, scheduled to take place in Pakistan.

“There are only six ODIs, including the three in Sri Lanka, before next year’s Champions Trophy. The selectors want to utilise the handful of games by giving more opportunities to Axar Patel and Washington Sundar,” Hindustan Times quoted a BCCI source.

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Meanwhile, Ajit Agarkar clarified that Ravindra Jadeja was rested, not dropped from the ODI squad. He then went on to term the all-rounder’s exclusion a strategic move, made in light of a busy Test season.

“It would have been really pointless to take both Axar and Jaddu for a three-match series,” Agarkar said.

“He has had a terrific World Cup. Not at all dropped. Either of them wouldn’t have featured in games had we taken him. There’s a big test season coming up. I think probably we should have clarified it when the squad was announced. He is still part of the format. He is a very important player for us,” he added.

Notably, Jadeja boasts a formidable all-round record in ODIs, scoring 644 runs at an average of 40 and a strike rate of 84 since India’s gut-wrenching defeat against New Zealand in the ICC Men’s World Cup 2019.

His performance with the ball has also been up to the mark, picking 44 wickets at an average of 37 and an economy of 4.9 economy.

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India to look beyond THIS all-rounder for ODI plans: report

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who retired from T20 Internationals after India’s T20 World Cup 2024 glory, is no longer part of the team’s plans for the One-Day Internationals, Hindustan Times reported Saturday.

India, on Thursday, named a full-fledged squad for their upcoming three-match away ODI series against Sri Lanka with Jadeja a notable exclusion.

Ravindra Jadeja boasts a formidable all-round record in ODIs, scoring 644 runs at an average of 40 and a strike rate of 84 since India’s gut-wrenching defeat against New Zealand in the ICC Men’s World Cup 2019.

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His performance with the ball has also been up to the mark, picking 44 wickets at an average of 37 and an economy of 4.9 economy.

Consequently, the source dismissed the notion that Jadeja’s performance may be the reason behind his exclusion and reiterated that the management wants to explore new options.

“Nothing wrong with Jadeja’s performance. The management just wants to look at other options as we have to build a team for the future,” the source added.

Meanwhile, Ravindra Jadeja would continue to remain a pivotal part of India’s Test side, who are favourites to feature in the third consecutive World Test Championship (WTC) Final.

“Jadeja is outstanding in Test cricket. His bowling in home conditions is unmatchable. He will be important for India’s World Test Championship bid,” the report said.

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Ravindra Jadeja bids farewell to T20I cricket after World Cup glory

Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja announced his retirement from T20I cricket on Sunday after his team defeated South Africa to win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

Prior to Jadeja, India’s captain Rohit Sharma and star batsman Virat Kohli also announced their retirement from T20Is immediately after the T20 World Cup final.

The all-rounder took to his official Instagram account and shared his picture while holding the T20 World Cup trophy. In the caption, he expressed his gratitude and bid an emotional farewell to the T20 cricket.

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“With a heart full of gratitude, I bid farewell to T20 internationals. Like a steadfast horse galloping with pride, I’ve always given my best for my country and will continue to do so in other formats. Winning the T20 World Cup was a dream come true, a pinnacle of my T20 International career. Thank you for the memories, the cheers, and the unwavering support.

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The 35-year-old has represented India in 74 T20I matches since making his debut in 2009 against Sri Lanka. He scored 515 runs at a strike rate of 127.16 and claimed 54 wickets at an average of 29.85.

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Ravindra Jadeja reacts after mix-up with debutant Sarfaraz Khan

RAJKOT: Seasoned India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja broke silence on his mix-up with debutant Sarfaraz Khan on the opening day of the third Test against England.

Sarfaraz came out to bat at No.6 after skipper Rohit Sharma’s dismissal with Jadeja unbeaten on 84.

By the time cautious Jadeja reached 99, Sarfaraz had already notched up his maiden Test half-century, conceding just 48 deliveries.

He appeared eager to let his senior achieve the milestone and enthusiastically ran down the wicket when Jadeja timed one off James Anderson almost straight to Mark Wood at mid-on in the 81st over of the innings.

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Jadeja took an early stride but then changed his mind while Wood picked up the ball and dislodged the stumps at the non-striker’s end with Sarfaraz well short of his crease.

The Southpaw wasted no time and took a single on the next delivery to bring up his fourth Test century. However, his celebration lacked the usual spark and energy, presumably due to the unfortunate run out of the youngster.

A mix-up leading to Sarfaraz Khan’s run-out left Indian skipper Rohit Sharma fuming in the dressing room and the visuals of him throwing his cap in distress quickly went viral on social media.

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Ravindra Jadeja also found himself at the receiving end from cricketing fans, who termed the all-rounder “selfish”.

He later took to Instagram to express his disappointment over the incident and lauded the debutant for a courageous knock.

“Feeling bad for [Sarfaraz Khan] it was my wrong call. Well played,” wrote Jadeja on his Instagram story.

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Despite an agonizing end, Sarfaraz managed to make his debut a memorable one as the right-handed batter left his supporters and fans impressed with a blazing 62. He only conceded 66 deliveries in the process and smashed 10 boundaries including a six.

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Rohit, Jadeja tons put India in command against England

RAJKOT: Skipper Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja scored centuries and recovered India to 326/5 at Stumps on Day 1 of the ongoing third Test against England here on Thursday.

Opting to bat first, the hosts found themselves in deep trouble as their top-order batters Yashasvi Jaiswal (10), Shubman Gill (0) and Rajat Patidar (5) fell cheaply.

Their back-to-back dismissals had India reeling at 33/3 inside the first overs.

Following the slump, all-rounder Jadeja joined his captain Sharma in the middle and the duo launched an astounding recovery.

Jadeja and Sharma soaked the pressure exerted by the aggressive visitors and kept the scoreboard ticking.

They added a mammoth 204 runs in their exquisite partnership with Sharma bringing up his 11th century soon after the Tea break.

The marathon stand was the hosts’ first century-plus partnership and the highest so far by either India or England in the ongoing five-match series, currently squared at 1-1.

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Rohit Sharma fell in the final session off Mark Wood, falling into the short-ball plan set up by England. He remained the top-scorer for India with 131 which featured 14 boundaries and three sixes.

Following Sharma’s dismissal came India’s emotional debutant Sarfaraz Khan.

The right-handed batter announced himself in style, smashing regular boundaries and pushing England onto the backfoot.

He put together a one-sided 77-run stand with Jadeja, scoring 80 per cent of the runs.

Sarfaraz had an agonizing end to his sensational knock as a mix-up, followed by a direct hit from Wood, resulted in him packing.

He smashed nine boundaries and a six on his way to a 66-ball 62.

Ravindra Jadeja brought up a well-crafted century in the dying minutes of Thursday’s action and celebrated by swinging the bat in his trademark sword dance.

He remained unbeaten on 110 alongside Kuldeep Yadav (1*) and will now resume India’s first innings on Day 2.

Mark Wood was the pick of the bowlers for England, picking up three wickets while Hartley made one scalp.

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Jadeja stars as India hammer Australia to take 2-0 Test series lead

NEW DELHI: India spinner Ravindra Jadeja on Sunday returned career-best figures of 7-42 to help India take an unbeatable 2-0 Test series lead with a six-wicket thrashing of Australia inside three days of a dramatic match.

Jadeja, a left-arm orthodox bowler, teamed up with fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to dismiss Australia for 113 in a morning session when the tourists’ batting imploded, thanks to overusing the sweep shot on a tricky New Delhi pitch.

The hosts romped to their victory target of 115 in the second session, guaranteeing that they retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy in the four-match series.

They have won their previous three series against Australia and are now close to securing a spot in the World Test Championship final.

India lost skipper Rohit Sharma, run out after a fluent 31, and Virat Kohli, who surpassed 25,000 international runs during his innings, stumped on 20.

Nathan Lyon took two wickets to return a match-haul of seven.

Cheteshwar Pujara stood firm with 31 in his landmark 100th Test to steer his team home with a winning four, as wicketkeeper-batsman Srikar Bharat, unbeaten on 23, looked on.

“We were prepared for them coming out and playing shots,” Rohit said of his team’s bowling plan.

“Our idea was to not panic and just hit the right areas, waiting for the mistake to happen, and that’s exactly what happened.”

He added: “So our focus was keeping it tight in the morning, and these guys (Jadeja and Ashwin) are the masters of bowling in these conditions.”

Australia, who also lost the opening Test inside three days, crashed from their overnight 61-1 to be bowled out in 31.1 overs, after losing nine wickets for 52 runs in just over 90 minutes of mayhem.

Jadeja improved on his previous Test best of 7-48, adding to the three he took in the first innings. Ashwin grabbed the remaining three in the Australian second innings.

Off-spinner Ashwin struck in the first over of the day to get Travis Head caught behind for 43, three balls after the left-hander hit a boundary to add to his overnight score.

‘This loss hurts’

Marnus Labuschagne attempted to take the attack to the opposition with the paddle shot and the reverse sweep, but was bowled by Jadeja for 35.

David Warner’s concussion substitute Matt Renshaw looked clueless against spin in his eight balls at the crease, before he missed an attempted sweep, giving Ashwin another lbw.

Wickets fell like nine-pins and Lyon narrowly averted a Jadeja hat-trick. The bowler kept up the charge to wrap up the Australian innings, which started on a promising note near the end of day two.

“Everyone controls their own game, some balls just have your name,” skipper Pat Cummins said on the overuse of the sweep. “But we need a review on the shot choice.

“Both games were disappointing, this one in particular,” he added. “We were ahead in the game and that doesn’t happen often in India. This loss hurts.”

Man of the match Jadeja said the sweep shot was “not a good option” against him on this pitch, which saw low bounce.

Axar Patel set up victory with his counter-attacking 74 on Saturday, lifting India from a precarious 139-7 to just one short of Australia’s first-innings total.

The left-hander put on a key 114-run eighth-wicket stand with Ashwin to turn the tables on Australia, who kept coming back with Lyon leading the bowling charge.

Lyon returned figures of 5-67 with his off-spin and was supported by fellow spinners Todd Murphy and debutant Matthew Kuhnemann — both of whom took two each.

The third match will be played in Indore from March 1.

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