INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ravindra Jadeja's return to the Indian Test team from injury keeps getting better, as showcased by the latest highlight of the ongoing
Border-Gavaskar series, where the all-rounder took 7 for 42 to deflate Australia and lay the foundation of India's six-wicket win in the
But what Jadeja's comeback has also done is that it has limited fellow left-armer Axar Patel's visits to the bowling crease
Jadeja has taken the series by a storm, with both bat and ball
Starting with a five-wicket haul and a half-century in Nagpur, Jadeja continues to rattle the Australians, especially with his spin
In his absence, Axar was on a roll with the ball
With that as the premise, Axar jokingly remarked during his conversation with Jadeja on a BCCI video: "Sir, meri toh bolwing aa nahi rahi (I
am not getting a chance to bowl)."The Indian board uploaded the video after India's win in Delhi
Continuing the healthy banter, Jadeja, who leads the wicket-taking charts in the series with 17 wickets so far, asked Axar: By the way, even
I have a question for you
You haven't got the opportunity to bowl much in the last two Tests
That's fine, but when you walk out to bat, you don't look like getting out
It's almost as if you are batting on another surface altogether
What's that about? On a serious note, though, Axar has taken his batting to another level while his chances to take wickets has diminished
with Jadeja and R Ashwin sweeping the Aussie batting line-up in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy
In the opening Test in Nagpur, Axar scored his Test-best 84 in India's first innings, while adding 88 runs for the eighth wicket with
In the second Test in Delhi, with India in trouble at 139 for 7, Axar scored 74 and added valuable 114 runs with Ashwin, who scored 37 in
the stand that brought India back into the game
The third Test of the four-match series will be played from March 1 in Nagpur
By winning the first two Tests, India have already retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
