Australia suffered a nightmarish batting collapse in the second innings of the Delhi Test, losing 9 wickets in 93 minutes on Sunday morning. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, bowling from diagonally opposite ends, ran through the visitor’s batting line-up, sharing all the 10 wickets among each other. While Ashwin scalped three, comeback-man Jadeja picked up 7 for 42, registering his career-best figures in Test cricket.
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Jadeja spun a vicious web around the Aussie batters who looked confused throughout the session. Miserable judgment and poor shot selection caught most of them off guard while India enjoyed being in the driver’s seat.
.@imjadeja wraps up Australia’s innings in a hurry, taking a 7️⃣-fer, 5️⃣ of them bowled!Watch ‘s response as they chase 115 to go 2-0 up!Tune-in to the action in the Mastercard #INDvAUS Test on Star Sports & Disney+Hotstar! #BelieveInBlue #TestByFire pic.twitter.com/GYQBTum0fd
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) February 19, 2023
The left-hander ended up with a 10-wicket haul in the game and became the leading wicket-taker of the series with 17 scalps to his credit. As he walked back waving the ball at the crowd, social media was also buzzing with appreciation posts.
Here’re how the netizens reacted:
Career-best Test figures for Ravindra Jadeja #WTC23 | #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/ikHe85pfez— ICC (@ICC) February 19, 2023
Tension nahi lene ka, Jaddu-Ash haina! From 61/1 to 113 all out, Jaddu and Ash showed no mercy to the Aussies! #INDvAUS #RavindraJadeja #RAshwin @imjadeja @ashwinravi99 pic.twitter.com/ZW525FVTJb
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) February 19, 2023
Ravindra Jadeja in this Test series against Australia so far:•In batting – 2 inns, 96 runs, 48 ave.•In Bowling – 4 inns, 17 wickets, 11.2 ave.
The No.1 All-rounder in the world!! pic.twitter.com/54M2Sw24eK
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) February 19, 2023
Five wicket haul by Jaddu.Another day, Another Fifer.Sir Ravindra Jadeja! #Jadeja #BGT2023 #jaddu#INDvAUS #Cricket #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/R4oBsQhjjB— Ujjawal Sinha (@UjjawallSinha) February 19, 2023
Another day, Another Fifer.Remember the name – Ravindra Jadeja! #INDvAUS #TeamIndia #Jadeja pic.twitter.com/eRLkCtv6E0— MS Dhoni Fans Official (@msdfansofficial) February 19, 2023
Seven wicket haul for Ravindra Jadeja.Stand up & Salute, Jaddu. pic.twitter.com/qodXv1BWuQ
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 19, 2023
Ravindra Jadeja since his return to cricket after playing Asia Cup in Aug 20221/48, 7/53 for Saurashtra vs Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Jan 20235/47, 2/34 for India vs Australia (Nagpur) Feb 20233/68, 7/42 for India vs Australia (Delhi) Feb 2023#IndvAus #IndvsAus #BGT #AusvsInd— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) February 19, 2023
Straight into the list of “things we love to see” on a Sunday morningSir Ravindra Jadeja you are insane pic.twitter.com/Y0xOIm4ity— Snap (@ObsessionSnap) February 19, 2023
Sir Ravindra Jadeja owns AustraliaThat’s it. That’s the tweet. pic.twitter.com/Cw7LckrPpz— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) February 19, 2023
Five wicket haul celebration by Captain Rohit Sharma and Sir Ravindra Jadeja pic.twitter.com/SFm7Lxo1Ci— Utsav (@utsav045) February 19, 2023
Ravindra Jadeja starts bowling in the 2nd innings….Australian batsmen : pic.twitter.com/Lp56tttY6Q
— UmdarTamker (@UmdarTamker) February 19, 2023
Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja what an all round performance vs Australia. Well Bowled Ash Anna & Jaddu #RavindraJadeja #SirJadeja #Jadeja #RavichandranAshwin #Ashwin #INDvAUS #IndVsAus2023 pic.twitter.com/ceD03QZU9d— Ashutosh Srivastava (@sri_ashutosh08) February 19, 2023
Australia scored just 52 runs and it was not the pitch but the messed-up minds that led to their downfall for the second time in the series. At lunch, India were 14 for 1 with out-of-form KL Rahul (1) once again being dismissed cheaply.
As many as five Australian batters went for the ugly slog sweep and some tried non-existent reverse sweep off deliveries bowled on either off-middle or leg-middle line. They were either bowled or leg before in the process as the deliveries started keeping low.`
Ravichandran Ashwin (3/59) also played the supporting act to perfection as nine Australian batters failed to reach double figures save overnight pair of Travis Head (45) and Marnus Labschagne (35), who had briefly counter-attacked last evening with some degree of success. But it all changed in the morning session.
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