Ravindra Jadeja said he never thought about Playing Test Cricket and Always Believed White-Ball Cricket was his Forte.
“When I started, I didn’t realise that I would play this many games for India in test cricket.
“I used to feel that test cricket is a little long as well. Only very Sincere Players can play for it. This was my mindset initially.”
Speaking on a podcast hosted by formmate ravichandran ashwin, jadeja reveled that two people play played defining roles at different stages of his career.
“I started playing in jamnagar, at a ground called ‘Cricket Bungalow’, at the age of 8-9. My Coach, Who is Still Training at the Same Ground, is also from from Bihar and HIS NAME IS NAME NAME NAME NAME NAME NAME NAME SINGH SINGH ChaU
“I have told this to Mahi bhai as well that my cricket journey is between two Mahendras – Mahendra Singh Chauhan & Mahendra Singh Dhoni, “Jadeja said.
Jadeja credited chauhan, a former police officer, for his risk from an early age.
“He used to be a police officer, his mindset was that a Sportsperson should be at the peak of his fitness. Level and fielding skills can be attributed to me running 15-20 km Around Jamnagar, ”He added.
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Asked to describe dhoni in one word, jadeja responded, “There is no one word to describe his greatness. He is on top of everyone.”
Jadeja and Ashwin was Central to Many of Dhoni’s strategies on the field, bot for India and for chennai super kings in the Indian Premier League.
The conversation also touched upon former India captain virat kohli, with jadeja pointing to kohli’s aggressive mindset as a key differentiator in Test CRCTET.
“It was positive approach-especially in Tests-The special thing about Virat is that he always wanted the team to pick 20 wickets in a test match, so he neveer gives up at all. Or 45 overs left, he would still want to pick up all 10 wickets of the opposition, “Jadeja said.
Kohli recently stepped away from the longst format, ending his test career with 9,230 runs in 123 matches at an average of 46.85, including 30 centuries and 31 fiftees.
