Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja celebrates a wicket in the course of the Indian Premier League 2024 match in opposition to Punjab Kings in Dharamsala on May 5, 2024.
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Former Australia skipper Aaron Finch has termed India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja a “class player” due to his versatility which brings in loads of steadiness in all of the groups that he represents.
Jadeja scored 40-odd runs and took three wickets in Chennai Super Kings’ victory over Punjab Kings on May 5.
“Ravindra Jadeja is such a versatile player, which makes him so effective. With the ball, he would have loved more wickets,” Finch informed Star Sports.
“He’s been economical, going at under eight per over throughout the tournament. Leading with three wickets today (Sunday), he showed he is an absolute class player.” Finch was impressed that Jadeja returned with high-quality figures of three/20 in his full quota of 4 overs whereas defending a not-so-big whole of 169.
“Three wickets for just 20 runs when the Punjab Kings were chasing a total of 170 odd runs is just superb. It just shows why he’s one of the best players in the world,” the Australian mentioned.
Finch additionally spoke extremely about Kolkata Knight Riders’ Sunil Narine. The 2021 World T20-winning Australian skipper feels that this can be very troublesome to comprise Narine for an extended time period.
“It’s truly remarkable, isn’t it? I mean, seeing Sunil Narine stride out to open the batting.
“Before this season, you are considering, if we are able to simply hold him quiet for a few balls, he’ll attempt to do one thing and play a giant shot. But this season, he isn’t solely getting off to explosive begins but additionally batting well and seizing management of the innings,” Finch mentioned.
The 35-year-old Narine smashed 81 off simply 39 balls to energy KKR to a snug 98-run win over Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday evening.
In the method, Narine additionally grew to become the fourth participant to attain greater than 450 runs and take 10 plus wickets in a single IPL version.
