IND vs AUS: Ravindra Jadeja takes on-field banter with Nathan Lyon to mind-boggling level; fulfils Lyon's desire

When India took the field against Australia on Day 3 of the second Test in Delhi, the Aussies were already ahead of India by more than 60 runs and threatened to take the game away from the hosts. But one man that proved to be the difference between both sides was Ravindra Jadeja.

The star all-rounder bagged a seven-wicket haul in the second innings to restrict the Pat Cummins-led side to a mere 113 and it only required India to score 115 in the last innings of the game to win it.

Jadeja was seen having a banter with Australia's premier off spinner Nathan Lyon during Australia's first innings and Lyon was clearly heard on the stump mic while standing at the non-striker's end asking Jadeja to follow him on Instagram.

Jadeja has finally fulfilled the wish of Lyon as he is currently following only one account from his Instagram and that belongs to Nathan Lyon.

Mufaddal Vohra@mufaddal_vohra

Ravindra Jadeja is only following Nathan Lyon for 24 hours.

10:12 PM · Feb 19, 2023

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Meanwhile, India were extremely clinical in terms of their bowling effort on Day 3 as they gave no respite to the visitors right from the start of the first session. Australia found themselves under the pump due to the unrelenting pressure that was applied from the Indian bowlers and it eventually showed in the way they got out to Indian spinners, in particular, to Ravindra Jadeja.

Jadeja displayed his pedigree with the ball in hand yet again as he tore through Australia's batting order and made life extremely arduous for them in the middle. Having already dismissed Usman Khawaja in the dying moments of play on Day 2, Jadeja went on to dismantle six Aussie batters, including the likes of Marnus Labuschagne, Peter Handscomb, and Alex Carey among others.

He was adjudged the Player of the Match for his exceptional outing in the game as it took India 26.4 overs to sclae the target of 115 runs for the loss of four wickets.

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