“Fascinating,” got here the remark from former Australia captain Tim Paine as a photos of Ravindra Jadeja from the primary India-Australia Take a look at did rounds on social media on Thursday.
The aforementioned photos confirmed Jadeja showing to have taken one thing from Mohammed Siraj in his proper hand forward of one in all his overs on day one in Nagpur. The printed cameras then displayed the all-rounder seeming to rub one thing on his bowling finger.
Fascinating
— Tim Paine (@tdpaine36) February 9, 2023
“What do you bring to mind this @tdpaine36 Seems like one participant giving grippo to the bowler and him rubbing it everywhere his spinning finger to me. Ideas?” wrote a Twitter consumer to which Paine replied in a single phrase.
Taking part in a Take a look at for India for the primary time since July 2022 and making his comeback to global cricket following an harm bout, Jadeja completed with figures of 22-8-47-5.
The all-rounder combined his inventory ball, turning clear of the best hander and extraordinary one, going directly to brush aside the likes of Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne on his method to selecting a fifer, inspiring a a primary day-third consultation cave in of Australia.
India completed the day at 77/1, trailing at the back of by way of 100 runs going into day two.