Ravindra Jadeja against Pakistan in ODIs

Ravindra Jadeja made a great comeback into the One Day Internationals with a brilliant bowling performance against Bangladesh two days ago in the ongoing Asia Cup. With such a brilliant form he is in at the moment, he is presenting a strong case for his inclusion in Team India's squad for the World Cup next year.

He has been brilliant with the bat – scored a half-century in the fifth Test match against England at The Oval – and registered a four-wicket haul against Bangladesh two days ago. He is a great asset on the field as well; runs fast and takes some brilliant catches. He is one of those fielders who can put pressure on the batsmen just with his fielding!

Almost after over a year, Jadeja came into the Indian ODI side in the ongoing Asia Cup as a replacement to injured Hardik Pandya. With such a breathtaking performance against Bangladesh, he is now picked for the Super Four game against Pakistan as well. Let us analyze his best performances against Pakistan in the ODI format.

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Most Economical Spell:

Ravindra Jadeja

Even in a T20I match, we don’t often see a bowler conceding less than 20 runs. In a low scoring ODI game at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Ravindra Jadeja turned the tables with his brilliant bowling performance. He bowled 10 overs and conceded just 19 runs! He picked up a wicket too in that match and delivered two maiden overs.

India, batting first, scored just 167 runs and were bowled out in 43.4 overs. Pakistan, in reply, were bowled out for 157 conceding India a 10-run victory! This is the same ODI in which Mohammad Shami made his ODI debut for India.

Best Bowling Figures :

Ravindra Jadeja

Jadeja, till date, has played 8 ODI games against Pakistan in which he has picked up 10 wickets. He had dismissed Umar Akmal thrice and Mohammad Hafeez twice. Along with it, he has dismissed Shoaib Malik, Misbah ul Haq, Kamran Akmal, Azhar Ali, and Nasir Jamshed once.

Jadeja has a 3-wicket haul, two 2-wicket hauls and thrice he picked up a single wicket in an ODI against Pakistan. Only twice in his 8 games, Jadeja was wicketless against them in this format of the game – 0 for 61 in 2014 in Dhaka and 0 for 67 in 2017 at The Oval.

His bowling figures of 3 for 41 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in 2013 are his best bowling figures against Pakistan in ODIs. In that game, he bowled 10 overs conceding just 41 runs and picked up 3 wickets. He also bowled a maiden over in that match. He got the wickets of Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez and Kamran Akmal in that game.

Best Batting Performance:

Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja has batted in 6 innings against Pakistan in ODIs. He has scored 116 runs with a par average of 23.20. These are not so great figures for an all-rounder but he played his best knock against Pakistan in Dhaka during the Asia Cup 2014.

Jadeja scored an unbeaten 52 runs in 49 deliveries which included 4 fours and 2 sixes. India was struggling at 155 for 5 when he walked out to bat. He took them to 245 for 8 in their 50 overs, a competitive total on that tough pitch.

His unbeaten 52 was his 9th half-century in this format of the game and since then, he has scored only one half-century in ODIs – 87 against England at Headingley.