Kedar Jadhav who came in at number five for India, scored an almost run-a-ball half-century against Australia in the 4th ODI at M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. However, that was not enough to impress Indian fans as he failed to take his side to win.
The Men in Blue lost the match by 21 runs while chasing 335 even after a great start. Jadhav scored 69 off 67 balls before getting out in the 46th over leaving India 49 more runs to win from 26 balls.
The right-hander’s dismissal came at a time when he was well-set and ready to launch the final onslaught. Jadhav’s failure to finish it in India’s favour has irked some of the fans on social media and they now want selectors to bring back Suresh Raina in the team.
Here are some of the Twitter reactions:
bring back Raina.
kedar Jadhav situation freak😡,swallowed many overs this type of fifty also useless…. #StarSports #StarSports pic.twitter.com/ET052z2CxA— Piyush Tiwari (@officialpiyush4) September 28, 2017
Kedar Jadhav should go for Kedarnath Yatra
— Trending (@green_chillyy) September 28, 2017
Just check how MSD played last 10 games..Yesterday's actual villain is Kedar Jadhav
— Apple_Jack 🍎 (@Being_a_medico) September 29, 2017
Replace Kedar Jadhav with Suresh Raina best place to fill also a left hander#INDVSAUS
— Manish Reddy (@maniz_reddy) September 28, 2017
When required run rate goes to 9 Kedar Jadhav has in defensive mode. Why? In dt pressure HP got out.#INDvAUS
— ŞÀŅJĀÝ KAKOTI (@sanjay1363) September 29, 2017
Kedar Jadhav played for his own record. Not 4 the country. He plays a lot of dot balls in middle overs.#INDvAUS
— ŞÀŅJĀÝ KAKOTI (@sanjay1363) September 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/RajkumariJessy/status/911967912704991232
And Kedar Jadhav as well. Such 50s are of no use if you don't set the game up. Set batsman = game. Finishers needed only for weak top
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) September 28, 2017
Interestingly, it was Jadhav who provided his team with the breakthrough by dismissing Australia’s opener David Warner. Courtesy Jadhav’s bowling, India managed to put brakes on Australia’s scoring. He finished with figures of 1/38 from his seven overs.
But, it looks like fans ha forgot his effort with the ball and just wanted a match-winning knock from Jadhav.
