The scheduled press match between the Indian and Australian media was cancelled after the Indian media reportedly boycotted a pre-arranged game, following a press conference row involving allrounder Ravindra Jadeja.
India threw away the advantage that Ravindra Jadeja provided with his 14th Test five-wicket haul by bowling New Zealand out for 235, with the home side losing three wickets in the last two overs of the opening day to end at 86 for 4, at the Wankhede Stadium here on Friday.
India’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja isn’t much worried to miss out on a well-deserved century but the left-arm spinner, currently four wickets away from 300 wickets in Test cricket
This was informed by the cricketer's wife, Rivaba Jadeja, through a post on X.
Navdeep Saini has replaced Siraj in the India B squad, while Gaurav Yadav has been named in place of Malik in the India C squad. Meanwhile, the cricket board hasn’t given any reason for Jadeja’s release nor named any replacement for him.
The Indian batsmen, who had twin failures in Wellington, were once again found wanting as they got bundled out for a mere 242 at the Hagley Oval.
Agar registered a hat-trick in a five-wicket haul to guide Australia to a massive 107-run victory over South Africa in the first T20 International on Friday.
Coming into bat at seventh, Ravindra Jadeja played a gritty knock of 55 runs in 73 deliveries and at one point looked set to take India over the line.
Sanjay Manjrekar called Ravindra Jadeja a "bits and pieces" player and said he was a not very big fan of the all-rounder during the ICC World Cup 2019.
While Kohli received two rating points and moved to 886 points, Rohit got three points and now has 868 points.
