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WATCH: Ravindra Jadeja entraps Heinrich Klaasen with significant turn in Ranchi Test

Dixit Bhargav
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WATCH: Ravindra Jadeja entraps Heinrich Klaasen with significant turn in Ranchi Test

Ravindra Jadeja entraps Heinrich Klaasen: The Indian all-rounder was too good to handle for the South African wicket-keeper batsman.

During the third day of the third Test of the ongoing South Africa’s tour of India in Ranchi, India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja deceived South Africa wicket-keeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen to sent back him back to the pavilion cheaply.

It all happened on the fourth delivery of the 32nd over when Jadeja received significant drift and turn to beat Heinrich outside the off-stump. The batsman losing his balance further confirms the quality of delivery bowled by Jadeja.

Coming in to bat at No. 6 in the 28th over, Klaasen ended up scoring 6 (10) with the help of one four in his first Test innings. Playing a Test in India in such a situation was always going to difficult for the 28-year old cricketer.

Jadeja, who bowled an over last evening, ended up picking a couple of wickets today. It was Jadeja who dismissed Zubayr Hamza (62) to break a 91-run stand for the fourth wicket between Hamza and Temba Bavuma.

Resuming the day at 9/2, South Africa did score 100+ runs in the first session but them losing as many as four wickets is what hurt them the most. At lunch, South Africa have scored 129/6 and still trail by 368 runs in the first innings.

After India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat, the hosts scored a praiseworthy 497/9 dec. in 116.3 overs. It was a 267-run partnership between opening batsman Rohit Sharma (212) and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane (115) which put India in a dominating position today.

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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