Jadeja ball tampered: Ravindra Jadeja, an all-around player for India, was charged with ball tampering on Thursday in Nagpur during the ongoing first Test match against Australia.
Video footage from the first day of the game showed Jadeja wiping an unknown substance on his finger, raising concerns about possible ball manipulation.
Observers saw Jadeja use his right hand to take something from Mohammed Siraj’s palm. Just before beginning his delivery stride, he applied this chemical to the left hand’s index finger. Jadeja was not spotted rubbing anything on the ball while holding it in his hands.
When the event occurred, Jadeja had already claimed the wickets of Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw, and Steven Smith, and Australia had reached 120-5 in their first innings.
Jadeja applied a pain-relieving ointment to his index finger, but nothing untoward happened, according to Indian team management, who spoke to AFP.
“Despite Todd Murphy, the debutant spinner, taking his third wicket of the first Test on Friday, India’s skipper Rohit Sharma remained undefeated with a confident 85 as India overpowered Australia.”
“On day two, they went to lunch at 151-3 as India closed in on Australia’s first innings score of 177 on a Nagpur track predicted to change more as the game progresses.”
After losing his overnight partner, Ravichandran Ashwin, for 23 and then Cheteshwar Pujara, for seven, Rohit was batting alongside Virat Kohli, who was on 12, at the break.
Off-spinner Murphy, who on Thursday took KL Rahul for his first Test wicket, also caught Pujara at short fine leg and gave Ashwin a lbw appeal, which was successful.
“Rohit Sharma’s Balancing Act Leads India Through Challenging First Session”
On his overnight score of 56, Rohit got off to a cautious start before hitting Nathan Lyon and quick bowler Pat Cummins for sixes over deep-square leg.
In spite of losing Ashwin and Pujara, he maintained his composure to see out the first session with India down by 26 runs. He had the proper balance of caution and aggression.
The tourists, who chose to bat first at the start of the four-match series, were all out shortly after tea, and Jadeja was the opening-day hero with his 5-47.
