Ravindra Jadeja’s comeback sport: One hour in nets, pep discuss with crew after being named Saurashtra captain | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will captain Saurashtra of their remaining Ranji Trophy league fixture in opposition to Tamil Nadu starting in Chennai on Tuesday, marking his comeback to aggressive cricket after shut to 6 months.
Although Saurashtra are set to qualify for the knock-out section, Jadeja’s return has generated a number of curiosity within the sport forward of the essential four-Check collection in opposition to the visiting Australia subsequent month.
The four-day sport will successfully be a health check for Jadeja, and if the online session on the eve of the match is any indication, the 34-year-old is prone to go with flying colors.
Sporting a GPS tracker that screens all of the required health parametres, Jadeja bowled left-arm spin for half-hour earlier than spending roughly the identical time with the bat.
A Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) coach can be in Chennai monitoring the progress of Jadeja, who needed to endure a knee surgical procedure after taking part in his final aggressive sport within the Asia Cup in August.
Talking to PTI, Saurashtra coach Niraj Odedra mentioned Jadeja was oozing with power in his first coaching session with the squad.
“He is very pumped up and it showed in the nets today. He wanted to have an even longer session but since he is coming from injury, it is important that he doesn’t overdo it.
“Earlier than spending an hour within the nets, he gave a pep discuss to the boys. Since he has reunited with the crew after a very long time, he was very eager to work together with the boys and congratulate on our current success in white-ball cricket (Vijay Hazare triumph),” said Odedra.
“With JD (Unadkat) being rested for the sport, we requested him if he might captain the aspect and he fortunately agreed. He takes nice satisfaction in taking part in for Saurashtra and he needs everybody within the crew to really feel the identical method.
“He also told the team that there is no senior or junior in the side and everyone is equally important. He is a big player and we all are excited to have him back,” added the coach.
Like Unadkat, Cheteshwar Pujara too has been rested from the sport as a part of workload administration forward of the all-important Australia collection, which India have to win to qualify for the World Check Championship remaining.