Ravindra Jadeja happy with Indian spin unit forward of Champions Trophy

India’s Ravindra Jadeja celebrates after taking the wicket of England’s Jamie Overton, caught by Shubman Gill, in the course of the second ODI in Cuttack on February 9, 2025
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Ravindra Jadeja is happy that India’s spin division has been doing properly within the build-up to the Champions Trophy.

Left-arm spinners Jadeja, Axar Patel, chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, leg-break bowler Varun Chakaravarthy and off-spinner Washington Sundar have offered choices in addition to selection to Indian captain Rohit Sharma within the ongoing ODI collection in opposition to England. Whereas 4 of them got some sport time, Washington could get a possibility within the ultimate ODI in Ahmedabad.

To date, the spinners have offered essential breakthroughs and contained the England batters within the center overs. Relying on the group’s requirement in Dubai, the Indian group administration could take into account Varun as backup to the Champions Trophy squad.

“It’s good contemplating the place we’re going to play, it’s more likely to be scorching, so we’ll solely know concerning the pitch as soon as we get there.

“Our spin division is doing properly. Within the center overs, we have to both take wickets or limit runs and never give away straightforward boundaries as a result of 5 fielders stay contained in the circle. As a group, each our quick bowlers and spinners are performing properly collectively as a bowling unit in each match, which is an efficient signal,” mentioned Jadeja after India secured a four-wicket win and sealed the collection on the Barabati Stadium right here on Sunday night time.

Jadeja mentioned enjoying home cricket previous to the ODI collection helped him. “It feels actually good (to play ODIs once more), particularly after virtually two years for the reason that World Cup. Coming again into this format requires fast adaptation, however I consider the home matches I performed helped me lots. In these matches, I greatly surprised 30 overs, which helped me keep my rhythm.

“Like Checks, I attempted to take care of the same line and size in ODIs. The rhythm remained intact as a result of the break wasn’t too lengthy,” mentioned Jadeja, trying ahead to a fruitful outing within the Champions Trophy.