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Last Update: January 19, 2023, 21:03 IST
Ravindra Jadeja back in the nets (Twitter/Screengrab/@imjadeja)
Jadeja has been included in India’s Test squad for the first two Tests against Australia but the BCCI has said that his inclusion in the team will depend on his fitness.
bright India All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja practiced in the nets after recovering from a knee injury as he looks to prove his fitness for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Jadeja has been included in India’s Test squad for the first two Tests against Australia but the BCCI has said that his inclusion in the team will depend on his fitness. He suffered a serious knee injury last year and was ruled out of the Asia Cup (in the middle of the tournament) and the T20s. World cup.
As per multiple reports, the BCCI has asked Jadeja to play at least one domestic game before being considered fit to play. The southpaw could return to competitive cricket in a Ranji Trophy game for Saurashtra against Tamil Nadu.
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Jadeja shared a video on Twitter, in which he is seen bowling in the nets.
Earlier, the 34-year-old posted a picture of his Test jersey with the number 8 and Jadeja written on it. “Missed you. But soon”, read the caption of the tweet.
Jadeja has not played any competitive cricket since the T20I against Hong Kong in the Asia Cup on August 31 and his last first-class match was the rescheduled One-off Test against England at Edgbaston last July.
In the 2016–17 series against Australia, Jadeja was instrumental in being named player-of-the-series with 25 wickets and 127 runs as India registered a memorable 2–1 victory.
The first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played in Nagpur on February 9, while the second Test match of the series will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
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The four-match Test series is going to be very important for India to secure a place in the final of the World Test Championship for the second time in a row.
Apart from Jadeja, the selectors have picked Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav in the spin department for the first two matches.
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