Premier India allrounder Ravindra Jadeja, who withdrew from the Asia Cup final September to bear a proper knee surgical procedure, is about to make a comeback in Saurashtra’s remaining spherical of Ranji Trophy fixture towards Tamil Nadu in Chennai starting January 24.
The 34-year-old, who’s at the moment doing rehab on the National Cricket Academy, has been picked in a 17-member squad for the primary two Tests within the highly-anticipated four-match sequence towards Australia slated to start in Nagpur from February 9.
However, his availability is topic to health as a name on Jadeja is prone to be taken in the course of the course of the four-day recreation.
“It will be good if he plays for Saurashtra. Probably he will, but I don’t have any further details,” Saurashtra Cricket Association president Jaydev Shah instructed PTI.
Jadeja has not performed any aggressive cricket for the reason that T20I towards Hong Kong within the Asia Cup on August 31 and his earlier first-class match was the rescheduled one-off Test at Edgbaston towards England final July.
Jadeja reportedly has began to bowl and bat from earlier this week as he’s winding up his rehab on the NCA. The left-handed batter is seen as a significant cog in India’s line-up, particularly in absence of Rishabh Pant at No 5 or 6 within the middle-order.
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His leftarm spin may additionally come useful alongwith ace offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin within the four-match sequence that may decide India’s destiny to make a successive World Test Championship remaining look.
In their 2016-17 sequence towards Australia, Jadeja had performed a key position to be adjudged the Player-of-the-Series with 25 wickets and 127 runs as India got here from behind to seal a memorable 2-1 win.
Jadeja has 82 wickets at 21.46 together with three fifers, whereas with the bat he has amassed 898 runs (common 52.82) together with two centuries and 7 fifties, in 19 Tests since 2017.