Despite being the most successful all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja now proved how best he can field too. His excellence was unveiled in the yesterday’s Gujarat Lions’ match against Delhi Daredevils. The lightning struck twice on Wednesday at Kanpur as the Gujarat Lions all-rounder sent back both Marlon Samuels and Corey Anderson with brilliant run-outs, nonetheless, Jadeja is the man behind this.
Jadeja provided the spark with his lightening fielding efforts from either side of the wickets. His efforts reminded the class of Jonty Rhodes, but the Indian all-rounder was sure setting new fielding standards, which he already achieved till now.
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Though the Lions’ lost the match for DareDevils as the target was 195, the efforts and charm of Jadeja will be remembered. And those two run outs stood evident to the fact that they were there to fight, despite the fact that they were already out of the playoffs.
Starting with Samuels’ wicket, whenShreyas Iyer delivered the shot towards point and took off four a single. But there was Jadeja patrolling, and the fielder hit the stumps from some distance, and what happened next is a wonder.
Post this, again, in the 12th over, Jadeja sent back dangerous Corey Anderson with yet another direct hit. The Kiwi played Basil Thampi’s fourth ball of the over and tried to steal a single. But seeing Jadeja prowling on the ball, he turned back. And, yes, another amusing dig by Jadeja.
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Meanwhile, it is Iyer’s fair play of 96 off 57 balls that literally grabbed away match from the hands of Lions.