Ravindra Jadeja’s Painful Admission On What Once Shattered His Confidence In India Team

Ravi d a
Jadeja
has
ope ed
up
about
a
difficult
phase
ea ly
i
his
I dia
ca ee ,
eveali g
how
epeatedly
bei g
pushed
dow
the
batti g
o de
affected
his
co fide ce.
Despite
a ivi g
i
the
atio al
team
with
a
st o g
domestic
batti g
eco d,
Jadeja
ofte
fou d
himself
batti g
at
No.
8
o
9,
leavi g
him
questio i g
whethe
the
team
t usted
his
ability
with
the
bat.

Jadeja’s
No.
4
D eam
Took
A
Diffe e t
Tu

Jadeja
said
he
had
always
believed
he
could
sco e
heavily,
pa ticula ly
afte
p oduci g
st o g
umbe s
i
domestic
c icket.

Du i g
his
Ra ji
T ophy
ca ee ,
the
left-ha de
had
ave aged
mo e
tha
60,
while
also
putti g
togethe
imp essive
pe fo ma ces
i
othe
fi st-class
competitio s.

That
gave
him
the
co fide ce
that
he
could
co t ibute
sig ifica tly
with
the
bat
if
give
a
p ope
oppo tu ity.

Howeve ,
his
expe ie ce
i
the
I dia
team
was
ve y
diffe e t.

Speaki g
to
Sa jay
Ma j eka
o
So y
Spo ts
Netwo k
du i g
the
ai
i te uptio
i
the
fi st
Test
agai st
S i
La ka
i
Galle,
Jadeja
explai ed
how
he
st uggled
to
get
the
batti g
positio
he
expected.

“Somewhe e,
I
had
that
belief
that
I
had
that
ability.
But
sometimes
what
happe s
is
that
you
come
i to
the
I dia
team
a d
you
do ‘t
get
that
batti g
umbe .& dquo;

‘My
Co fide ce
Was
Lite ally
Distu bed& squo;

Jadeja
evealed
that
he
sometimes
had
to
bat
as
low
as
No.
8
o
9,
eve
goi g
i
afte
Ravicha d a
Ashwi .

Fo
a
playe
who
had
a ived
with
co side able
co fide ce
i
his
batti g,
epeatedly
watchi g
bowle s
p epa e
to
bat
ahead
of
him
became
me tally
difficult.

“Sometimes
the
situatio
is
such
that
I
have
batted
at
umbe s
8
a d
9
as
well.
So,
whe
you
a e
sitti g
i
the
d essi g
oom
with
you
pads
o ,
ext
to
you,
a
fast
bowle
is
selecti g
a
ball.
Seei g
all
those
thi gs,
my
mo ale
a d
co fide ce
would
go
dow .& dquo;

Jadeja
said
the
situatio
c eated
doubts
eve
though
he
still
wa ted
to
make
a
impact
whe eve
his
oppo tu ity
a ived.

“Sometimes
you
thi k
to
you self,
‘I
have
to
go
a d
sco e
u s.& squo;& dquo;

The
all- ou de
admitted
that
seei g
a
fast
bowle
p epa e
to
bat
while
he
waited
i
the
d essi g
oom
made
him
questio
his
sta di g
i
the
team.

“Because
of
all
those
thi gs,
my
co fide ce
was
lite ally
distu bed.
I
would
thi k,
‘Oh
ma ,
what
is
this?
The
team
does ‘t
eve
have
co fide ce
i
me?& squo;& dquo;

Jadeja
added
that
his
ea ly
yea s
i
the
I dia
team
i volved
seve al
i sta ces
of
batti g
ve y
low
i
the
o de ,
i cludi g
goi g
i
afte
Ashwi .

“So,
I
have
see
that
i
my
ea ly
days,
I
did ‘t
get
that
umbe .
Ve y
low;
ma y
times
I
eve
we t
i
to
bat
below
Ashwi .
So
somewhe e,
all
those
thi gs
distu bed
me.& dquo;

Jadeja
Eve tually
Became
A
Key
I dia
All-Rou de

Jadeja
g adually
developed
i to
o e
of
I dia’s
most
depe dable
all- ou de s,
co t ibuti g
co siste tly
with
both
bat
a d
ball
ac oss
fo mats.

He
eti ed
f om
T20I
c icket
i
2024
but
has
co ti ued
to
play
a
majo
ole
fo
I dia
i
Test
a d
ODI
c icket.

His
eflectio s
offe
a
i sight
i to
the
co fide ce
issues
he
faced
befo e
eve tually
establishi g
himself
as
o e
of
the
most
impo ta t
all- ou de s
i
I dia
c icket.

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