Former India Cricketer Slams Ravindra Jadeja: 'His Ineffectiveness Is Going To...'
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Sanjay Manjrekar has questioned Ravindra Jadeja's impact against England in the Test series starting June 20 at Leeds.
Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has said that Ravindra Jadeja might not be very effective against the England batters and that might be a major issue for India during their five-Test series against England, which begins on June 20 at Leeds, in what is being termed as a new era for Indian cricket.
Manjrekar opined that it would be a massive problem for India if Jadeja couldn't make a significant impact with the ball.
Manjrekar pointed out that the English batters did a brilliant job against Jadeja when England toured India last year.
'Jadeja's ineffectiveness is going to create problems. Ineffectiveness against the English batters, in the way they play him and played him in India," Manjrekar said while speaking on ESPNCricinfo.
Jadeja bagged 19 wickets across eight innings in the five-match home Test series against England in 2024.
Manjrekar said that having Kuldeep Yadav besides Jadeja in the playing XI can strengthen the spin attack.
'So, you might just feel that you need some more spin support, but it's unimaginable, in England, first Test, to go with Kuldeep Yadav. But Kuldeep Yadav is such a tempting option and that is where I think with Gautam Gambhir, somebody who'll not go by the book, who knows India might want to have both Jadeja and Kuldeep in their team," Manjrekar said.
Jadeja has bagged 21 wickets from 21 innings on English soil in Tests, including two five-fors. Kuldeep, on the other hand, has played only one Test in England.
There is the lure of playing the latter, who can turn the ball irrespective of pitches, but Jadeja, despite his shortcomings as a left-arm spinner in SENA nations, is still a solid No. 7 batter.
The decisions that head coach Gautam Gambhir takes will define India's cricket philosophy during the next one and a half months.
A new skipper, a headstrong coach, some from the old guard and a few fresh faces will be determined to create a compelling narrative during this time when an in-transition India takes on a combustible England.
That just three Indian sides, Ajit Wadekar's batch of 1971, Kapil's Devils in 1986 and Rahul Dravid's bunch in 2007, have won a Test series in Old Blighty in the past 90 years does not make for a rosy picture.
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