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IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma Bursts Into Laughter As Asalanka Smashes Ravindra Jadeja For Consecutive Sixes

Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Sunday became the sixth cricketer to register a score of 150+ and take five wickets in the same Test. He help the hosts take a first-innings lead of 400 against Sri Lanka on the third day of the opening test at Mohali on Sunday.

Ravindra Jadeja has shown an impeccable performance in the match, smacking 175 runs and picking 5 wickets in the 1st innings. A day after his unbeaten 175 with the bat, Jadeja put Sri Lanka’s batters in a knot with his left-arm spin as the touring side were bundled out for 174 in the first session, replying to India’s 574-8 declared.

Notably, Nissanka and Charith Asalanka both survived dropped chances against Ashwin within the first 15 minutes of the third day’s play. Meanwhile in the 33rd over of Sri Lanka’s second innings. He got off the mark in the 1st ball of the 35th over by smashing Jadeja a brilliant six over the long-on. He followed it by smashing another six, this time over the bowler’s head and Indian skipper Rohit was seen laughing when the Sri Lanka batter smashed the all-rounder.

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Nissanka and Asalanka had added 58 runs for the fifth wicket. Thereafter, it was a procession of wickets as Sri Lanka lost their last five wickets for just 13 runs, and their final four batsmen were all dismissed for ducks. India bowled out Sri Lanka  for 174 on the third day of the opening Test to take a mammoth 400-run first-innings lead here on Sunday.

IND vs SL: Sri Lanka makes comedy of errors, Mohammed Shami survives run out scare

A hilarious incident took place on Day 2 of the first match of the two-match Test series between Rohit Sharma-led India National Cricket Team and Dimuth Karunaratne-led Sri Lanka National Cricket Team at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium.

Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami were involved in one of the most hilarious mix-ups during the second day of the ongoing first Test match against Sri Lanka in Mohali. The incident took place in the 125th over of India’s innings, which was bowled by Sri Lanka left-arm pacer Vishwa Fernando, and when all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was batting along with pacer Mohammed Shami.

Ravindra Jadeja was on strike as he played the ball with soft hands towards the mid-wicket region for a single and then both looked interested for a double. Jadeja called for a double but pulled back the next second. However, Shami had almost reached the non-striker’s end by then. However, the calling between the two players was not great as Jadeja called Shami for the second run but in the middle of the run started running back towards the bowler’s end.

Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja were seen running towards the same end which was expected to end in a run-out. Pacer Vishwa Fernando missed the action that took place between Jadeja and Shami and he collected the throw and knocked the stumps at his own end and the Sri Lanka wicket-keeper kept waiting for the ball to come towards his end. There was still lot of time to get the throw back to wicketkeeper, it was too late before Fernando realized what was going between the 22 yards.

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IND vs SL T20: Ravindra Jadeja does the famous Pushpa celebration

India’s all rounder Ravindra Jadeja made his comeback in international cricket against Sri Lanka in Lucknow. He overcame a knee injury and after proper rehabilitation came back into the Indian playing XI. And  India defeated Sri Lanka by 62 runs in the first T20I of the three-match series.

Notably, Ravindra Jadeja played his last international match in November 2021. Jadeja has been out of the team since playing the Kanpur Test match against New Zealand. Earlier, Batting first, India scored 199 runs for the loss of two wickets. However , Jadeja face 4 balls in batting. But, he was sensational with the ball in hand. Jadeja gave away just 28 runs from his quota of four overs and also took an important wicket of wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Chandimal

Ravindra Jadeja was introduced in the eighth over of the Sri Lankan innings. He went for nine runs in his first over with Dinesh Chandimal hitting him for six in the fourth delivery of his first over. He came back in the second over and dismissed Chandinal. The ball pitched on off-stump and turned sharply to miss his bat. Chandimal advanced to play the delivery but was beaten by the bounce and the turn.

The batsman couldn’t adjust for the extra turn and it turned big to beat the outside edge. It was one of the easiest stumpings for Ishan Kishan. However, after picking up the wicket of Dinesh Chandimal, Ravindra Jadeja did a Pushpa style celebration which has gone viral on social media.

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Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates Ravindra Jadeja’s return in a hilarious way

India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is all set to make a comeback into the international cricket. Jadeja had been out of the Indian set-up for a long time due to an injury. Jadeja last played for India in a two-match Test series against New Zealand in November 2021.

However, India’s leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal welcomed Jadeja on his return in a special way. Chahal came up with a hilarious Instagram story that included an edited picture of the all-rounder and it did leave the social media in splits. And shared it on Instagram Chahal wrote in it, “Welcome, Jaddu Pa.” After sharing this meme, this photo is going viral on social media. People are liking it a lot.  In this edited photo, Jadeja is seen wearing a golden necklace with a beard-mustache, earrings in the ears, Gajra in the hair and Mangtika. 

Meanwhile, Chahal had an outstanding series against West Indies and he looked in his best touch despite not being among the wickets. He will be keen to replicate his good show against Sri Lanka now. Chahal and Jadeja have been playing together in Team India for a long time. Both keep on having a lot of fun with each other.

Notably, in a video shared by the BCCI, the all-rounder has said that it feels good to be back. “Good feeling to be back in the Indian team. Really looking forward to playing the T20 and Test series,” Jadeja said.

“I am feeling so good that finally after two months, I will be playing for India. I was keen to do my rehab properly. I have been working hard on my fitness in NCA. I am very excited for the series. I am playing after more than two months. I have been practising bowling, batting in Bengaluru. So I was in touch. Today, I felt very good after coming here for my first practice session,” added Jadeja.

IPL 2022: Ravindra Jadeja posts a sarcastic reply to Star Sports

IPL 2022 will be an exciting season with the addition of two new teams. And the IPL 2022 mega auction is not too far away and the teams have their strategies in place. The existing eight teams have retained some top players but at the same time released top players ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction.

Meanwhile, ahead of the auction, Star Sports Tamil asked the fans about their predictions for MS Dhoni’s playing XI. They took to Twitter and came up with a post comprising Chennai Super Kings’ retained players. While Ruturaj Gaikwad has been slotted at the opening position, Moeen Ali has been slotted at No.3 whereas MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja were placed at No.7 and No.8 respectively.

Star Sports Tamil tweeted to ask CSK fans “Preparations for the auction have begun. Many crazy stars are waiting. Who has a place in your Chennai IPL Team XI? “Comment on #DearViewers,” the tweet read.

Since the tweet was in Tamil, Jadeja asked for a translation. The official broadcasters of the explained that Jadeja will be batting on number eight. The all-rounder responded to a tweet and wrote, “No 8 too early for me ! Put me @ 11.” With this, he posted a couple of laughing emojis which simply meant that he was being sarcastic.