IND vs ENG 4th Test: Ravi Shastri says Ravindra Jadeja lacks self-belief – 'If he has even 40%...'
Former India coach
Ravi Shastri
feels
Ravindra Jadeja
lacks belief in himself, and that was the reason he couldn't finish the Test match at Lord's against England.
Jadeja remained unbeaten on 61 as India lost the Test by 22 runs.
However, the 36-year-old is in terrific form with the bat and has scored 337 runs in the series, including four consecutive fifties.
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'I feel Jadeja, if he has even 40 per cent of the belief that
Ben Stokes
has, he will win you a lot more matches. Because there is no doubt about his talent,' Ravi Shastri said on the cricket podcast Stick To Cricket.
'It's just that he will have to go and take charge and believe in himself,' he added.
Shastri emphasized that despite scoring three triple hundreds in first-class cricket, it took Jadeja a long time to realise his batting potential.
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'He has got three triple hundreds in first-class cricket. It took him ages to realise that he has that batting potential,' Shastri said.
Speaking about the Lord's Test, he added: 'One of the great sights of this series was at the end of the Lord's Test, when Stokes and Jadeja hugged each other. Two of the best all-rounders in the business at the moment. Mutual respect in a tight game.'
England lead the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2-1, and the fourth Test of the five-match series will begin on Wednesday at Old Trafford in Manchester.
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