Chennai’s Jadeja proves all-round value

• Published date: 08 May 2024
• Publication title: Herald, The (Port Elizabeth, South Africa)

The 35-year-old is India’s premier spin-bowling all-rounder, apart from being a gun fielder, and will be expected to play a key role in the T20 showpiece in the US and West Indies, where the ball is likely to turn

Against Punjab in Dharamsala, Jadeja top-scored for Chennai with a breezy 43 and then returned to claim 3-20 to help the defending champions climb to third place after their sixth win in 11 matches.

“It was a day game, so the wicket was slow,” man-of-the-match Jadeja said of his batting approach in a low-scoring contest.

“We did well in the [batting] power play, but then we couldn’t build partnerships.

“We wanted to build partnerships, so in the last four-five overs, we could score quickly.”

With the ball, Jadeja dismissed Punjab’s top scorer Prabhsimran Singh, skipper Sam Curran and Ashutosh Sharma as Chennai, having posted...