Australia vs India 2018: Twitter Disappointed as Jadeja Left Out of Playing XI

With a pace and bouncy track on offer for the Perth Test, one would have expected the Indian national cricket team to go with Ravindra Jadeja or Bhuvneshwar Kumar to strengthen the batting order. However, it wasn’t the case, as they went with Umesh Yadav for the second Test.

Initially, after winning the first Test in Adelaide, India lost the services of Rohit Sharma and Ravi Ashwin, as they are injured. While the place for Hanuma Vihari in Rohit’s slot was a certainty, the selection among Bhuvneshwar, Jadeja and Umesh was an intriguing factor.

Ravindra Jadeja is in the ominous form:

However, with India looking for a strong lower-order batting department, one would have expected either Jadeja or Bhuvneshwar would take the role, as they are technically solid with their bat and brilliant with their bowling as well.

But, surprisingly, India went with Umesh Yadav, who is an out-and-out fast bowler. Indeed, it didn’t impress the Indian fans, who took to Twitter to express their concerns on the selection.

Meanwhile, Ravindra Jadeja is in a scintillating form, who is making things happen for his side at will. He has been brilliant in England when he was given a chance in the final Test. He followed it up with a stunning Asia Cup 2018 stint to help India secure a victory.

Further, the left-handed batsman smashed a superb century against the Windies to show his worth to the team. To add more weight to his selection, Ravindra Jadeja scored a stunning 176 and 78 for his side in Ranji Trophy before taking a flight to Australia. However, team management ignored his contributions, as they left him out from the playing XI for the Perth Test.

Here are the few tweets:

Last two years, Jadeja has averaged49.83 (598 runs) with the bat and 21.78 (84 wickets) with the ball. And with Ashwin missing, he still doesn't get a game. Will this decision come back to haunt Kohli? 39 overs into the innings, Vihari got one over.

— Ashish Magotra (@clutchplay) December 14, 2018

I suspect that if India had Hardik Pandya available, they would have played Jadeja

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 14, 2018

India going in without a specialist spinner in Perth might come back to bite them. #Jadeja should have played.#AUSvsIND #perthtest #BCCI #AusvIndia

— Lav Vaid (@lav_vaid) December 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/swing_seam/status/1073413151310245888

Who’ll take the first wicket, Vihari or Vijay or Jadeja’s direct hit from the dugout #AusvInd

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) December 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/Binayakuce/status/1073448538221142016

Going in with 4 seamers is one thing, without Ashwin or Jadeja it makes the batting a little lighter that none of the #TeamIndia seamers can make a realistic Batting contribution #AUSvIND #PerthTest

— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) December 14, 2018

The Perth Test is gone case for India.
Vijay/Vihari part time can’t match Ashwin/Jadeja.
Kohli gave the match on a platter to the Aussies at the toss?

— Venkat Parthasarathy (@Venkrek) December 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/GappistanRadio/status/1073459194391617536

In the Sheffield Shield match at Perth Stadium the pitch was similarly green but reportedly the ball left indentations on the surface which baked and hardened through the match – something Jadeja's straight stump lines could exploit effectively later in the Test. #AUSvIND

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) December 14, 2018