I am jealous of him… for which player did Ashwin say this even after scoring a century and 6 wickets

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|22-09-2024

The first match of the Test series between India and Bangladesh was played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In this match, Team India defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs. R Ashwin was the biggest hero of Team India's victory. He performed brilliantly with the ball as well as the bat. At the same time, Ravindra Jadeja also contributed significantly to the team's victory. There was also a match winning partnership between the two players. After this match, R Ashwin gave such a statement, which is now becoming quite viral.

Which player is Ashwin jealous of?

Ravichandran Ashwin spoke openly in the press conference after the match. During this, while talking about Ravindra Jadeja's fielding, he made a big statement and said that he is jealous of Ravindra Jadeja. Ashwin said in the press conference after the match, 'Jadeja is like fire on the field. He is like a rocket on the field. So, overall, I am jealous of him. But I am completely his fan. I have learned to admire him for the last 4-5 years.'

Along with this, Ashwin talked about his competition with Jadeja and said, 'Sometimes, when you are in a race with your fellow cricketers, you want to get ahead of each other, even inside the team. It's like a friendship growing between brothers, isn't it? And then you slowly start admiring each other. Now this admiration has gone one step further, because I know that I can never beat Jadeja. So I am comfortable in my game, but I am completely inspired by what he has done.'

Strong performance of both the players in Chennai Test

In the first innings of the Chennai Test, Team India scored 376 runs. During this innings, the team lost the first 6 wickets for 144 runs. But the pair of Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin made a strong comeback for Team India. During this, Jadeja played a memorable innings of 86 runs and Ashwin played an innings of 112 runs. Apart from this, Jadeja took a total of 5 wickets in this match. On the other hand, if we talk about R Ashwin, he made 6 batsmen his victims. Due to the all-round play of these two players, Bangladesh could not even last 4 days in the match.

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