‘High All-Rounders Going Round’: Gautam Gambhir Heaps Reward On Ravindra Jadeja Forward Of Champions Trophy 2025 Closing
Forward of the ICC Champions Trophy remaining 2025 in opposition to New Zealand in Dubai, Group India head coach Gautam Gambhir heaped reward on star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and known as him a “high allrounder” on this planet. India will play New Zealand within the remaining of the ICC Champions Trophy on March 9 on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium. India is undefeated within the match up to now, and the Kiwis have seemed rock strong with bat and ball underneath Mitchell Santner’s captaincy.
The conflict guarantees to be an epic sequel to the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy remaining, which New Zealand received. Males in Blue want to avenge losses to the Blackcaps within the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup semifinal and 2021 ICC World Check Championship remaining. “I’ve at all times felt that he is at all times gone underneath the radar. I feel he is somebody we do not converse extremely about. See what he is carried out to Indian cricket, be it take a look at format, be it a T20 format or in 50-over format. I feel he is essential to Indian cricket in what he is carried out, not simply with a bat or ball, within the subject as effectively. He is, I feel, one of many high all-rounders going round in world cricket. We within the dressing room know the worth of Ravindra Jadeja. It is not what occurs exterior the dressing room,” Gautam Gambhir mentioned in a video posted by ICC on Instagram.
To this point, within the Champions Trophy 2025, Jadeja has taken 4 wickets in the identical variety of matches at a median of 38.25, with a finest determine of two/40 within the semi-final conflict in opposition to Australia. Within the batting, the southpaw scored simply 16 runs in two innings. Jadeja has performed 203 matches up to now in his ODI profession since his debut again in 2009. In 203 matches, Jadeja has scored 2797 runs with a median of 32.52 and 13 fifties. His highest rating in ODI is 87 vs England.
Whereas bowling, Jadeja has taken 230 wickets in 203 matches with a median of 35.43 and an economic system of 4.86. He has two five-wicket hauls in his ODI profession, one in opposition to South Africa and the opposite in opposition to the West Indies. His finest bowling figures got here in opposition to South Africa, 5/33.
