Ravindra Jadeja Ball Tampering: Ravindra Jadeja bowled dangerously in the Nagpur Test match. Ravindra Jadeja performed brilliantly against Australia. Returning after injury, he took 5 wickets. As a result, Australia’s first innings was reduced to 177 runs. Now a video related to Jadeja regarding the first day’s game is going viral. On the basis of this video, Australia media has accused of ball tapering.
What’s in the video?
Australia’s Fox Cricket Channel has shared the video of Ravindra Jadeja. In this, Jadeja was seen bowling after applying something on his finger. It was seen in the video that Jadeja goes to Mohammad Siraj before throwing the ball. He can be seen taking something from them and putting it on his finger.
Michael Vaughan raised questions
Former England captain Michael Vaughan shared the tweet of Fox Sports. Wrote what he was wearing on his finger. Never seen anything like this. At the time this video was made, Australia’s score was 120/5. Alex Carey and Peter Handscomb were batting. At the same time, former Australia team captain Tim Paine also described the video as interesting. Meanwhile, a BCCI source told that Ravindra Jadeja had pain in his finger. Jadeja had applied ointment before bowling to give rest to the finger.
Australia media forgot Cape Town Test?
Foreign players have a long history of ball tampering. In 2018, Australia banned Smith and David Warner for one year for ball tampering in the Cape Town Test against South Africa. At the same time, Cameron Bancroft was banned for 9 months.
Ravindra Jadeja took 5 wickets
Ravindra Jadeja has returned to the field after a long time. He was ruled out of the team after injuring his knee during the Asia Cup last year. Jadeja took 5 wickets for 47 runs. He has taken 5 or more wickets in an innings for the 11th time in his Test career. And Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets for 42 runs. In reply to Australia’s 177 runs, India ended the day at 77/1.
Posted By: Kushagra Valuskar