: Mohali Test: Rohit on Jadeja’s all-round value, Ashwin’s greatness, creating bench strength and more #IndiaNEWS Indian skipper Rohit Sharma called Ravindra Jadeja one of the world’s best all-rounders

Mohali Test: Rohit on Jadeja’s all-round value, Ashwin’s greatness, creating bench strength and more #IndiaNEWS
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma called Ravindra Jadeja one of the world’s best all-rounders after the left-hander stood out in the team’s massive Test win over Sri Lanka on Sunday.India won the first of the two Tests – Virat Kohli’s 100th five-day match and Rohit’s first as longer-format captain – inside three days by an innings and 222 runs in Mohali.Jadeja smashed an unbeaten 175 and claimed a match tally of nine wickets with his left-arm spin to be named player of the match.Jadeja, 33, is currently placed third in the Test all-rounders list behind Ashwin Ravichandran and number one Jason Holder of the West Indies. Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan is fourth and England’s Ben Stokes sixth.Coming in at No 7, Jadeja recorded a Test best in his second century of his career and put on marathon partnerships to steer India to 574-8 after they elected to bat first.He put on 130 runs for the seventh wicket with Ashwin and then an unbeaten 103-run ninth-wicket stand with Mohammed Shami.Jadeja has hit three triple centuries including a best of 331 for his state side Saurashtra while batting at number four. He has played 58 Tests for India since his debut in 2012, scoring 2,370 runs at an average of 36.46....Read more

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