Is Ravindra Jadeja Back Playing Cricket? Jaydev Unadkat's Photo Might Make You Believe So

04.10.2022 - 07:59 sports.ndtv.com

An injury to Ravindra Jadeja in the Asia Cup 2022 broke Indian cricket fans' hearts as it didn't just rule him out of the continental tournament but also the forthcoming T20 World Cup 2022.

But, what if someone told you that Jadeja was back playing cricket? A tweet by pacer Jaydev Unadkat stunned cricket fans in the country as he shared a picture with a player who looked just like Jadeja.

Unadkat, who is playing for the Saurashtra team in the Irani Cup 2022 against Rest of India, took to Twitter to share a picture of him with teammate Prerak Mankad.

In the picture, Prerak looked a lot like Jadeja. Teasing the India all-rounder's fans, Jaydev wrote: "Glad to have Jaddu in the team.. (in disguise) @imjadeja = @PrerakMankad46".

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Team India is all geared up for their upcoming Super 12 clash of the ongoing T20 World Cup against arch-rivals Pakistan. The Rohit Sharma-led side will be consisting of some big names like Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav among others. The team will also the see the return of pacer Mohammed Shami to the T20I side, after a hiatus of a year. Apart from all this, one thing which Team India will be missing in the T20 World Cup will be the services of their star all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja, who was ruled out due to an injury.

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