Twitter Hails Ravindra Jadeja After His Stunning Century At Edgbaston
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The cricket fraternity hailed Ravindra Jadeja for his outstanding century against England in the ongoing Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Ravindra Jadeja, on Saturday (July 2), scored his maiden overseas Test century as India further strengthened their position against England at Edgbaston. Before the latest knock, Jadeja had scored three centuries but all of them had come at home.
His previous highest Test score away from home was 86 not out. Incidentally, that knock had come against England too at The Oval in 2018. Jadeja’s century came at a time when India badly needed his services.
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The southpaw had come out to bat when the team was in all sorts of trouble. Asked to bat first, the visitors were reeling at 98 for 5 when Jadeja joined Rishabh Pant in the middle. At that stage, it looked like India would not even manage to cross the 200-run mark.
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However, Pant and Jadeja put up a scintillating show with the bat to not only bail the team out of trouble but also put it in the driver’s seat. The duo added 222 runs for the sixth wicket as India crossed the 300-run mark.
Pant hogged all the limelight on day one thanks to his attacking ton. He scored his century off just 89 balls and was dismissed for 146. Jadeja, on the other hand, played the role of second fiddle to perfection and mixed caution with aggression to play a stunning knock.
Ravindra Jadeja completes his century:
At the end of day one, Ravindra Jadeja was unbeaten on 83 and it did not take him long to complete his century on day two. He and Mohammed Shami started the proceedings with the bat and did not face too many questions from the England bowlers.
Jadeja reached his century in the 79th over bowled by Matthew Potts. On the fifth ball of the over, he was dropped by Zak Crawley at slip and the ball went for a four. On the following delivery, he hit a cracking four through the offside to complete his maiden Test ton outside India.
And as soon Jadeja reached the three figures, the cricket fraternity lavished praise on him for his knock. Here are some of the reactions:
Super stuff Jaddu. What a special innings! 👏🏻@imjadeja#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/vAXwonZ1nI
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 2, 2022
Averaging 38 with the bat and 24 with the ball in Test cricket after 60 test matches, arguably one of the greatest spin bowling all-rounder to have played the game, Ravindra Jadeja. An outstanding 100 this.
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) July 2, 2022
Before this match, only two Indian batters (Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar) had scored a Test hundred in Edgbaston.
Now only in 1 innings, two more have joined the list; Rishabh Pant and now Ravindra Jadeja. #ENGvIND
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) July 2, 2022
Ravindra Jadeja hits a century: his first outside India. Walked in when India were 98/5. Fantastic comeback after injury. Feel he merits a place in Tests purely as a batsman too. He’s that good & dependable
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) July 2, 2022
CENTURY! No 3 for Ravindra Jadeja!
Since 2017, he has stepped up big time and showed why he has three triple tons in FC cricket. You don’t get them without having a solid base, so good to see him come through like this as a batter.
Bahoot badiya, Sir @imjadeja!
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) July 2, 2022
Valuable 💯 Baapu 👏 Batting at his peak of ability #RavindraJadeja
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) July 2, 2022
JADEJA that’s one of the best inn.. what a 100 .. Keep the flag high .. @imjadeja very proud of you 👏
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 2, 2022
Played Jadeja. The joy on the face of his team mates said it all.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) July 2, 2022
Just Jaddu gracing us with his Jaadu 💯#ENGvIND #RavindraJadeja pic.twitter.com/6ny8MC4KRg
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) July 2, 2022
Ravindra Jadeja getting his 100 with Sanjay Manjrekar in the commentary box! ❤️💯🏏 #ENGvIND #WTC23 #CricketTwitter
— T.S.Suresh (@editorsuresh) July 2, 2022
This has to be the best Test hundred for Ravindra Jadeja. He almost looked quite Royal on a few silken drives yesterday. Excellent assessment of the game situation and it’s quite brilliant for a number 7.
Can he bat at 6 in the future, if he develops his game?#INDvsENG
— Vijay Arumugam (@vijayarumugam) July 2, 2022
What an innings by Ravindra Jadeja after Rishabh Pant. To pull out the team from ‘down and out’ situation to a possible dominating position. #WeStandWithShami
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) July 2, 2022
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