Double-wicket over, twice! Ravindra Jadeja rocks New Zealand | Cricket news

Ravindra Jadeja (Photo Source: X)

Ravindra Jadeja rocked New Zealand in their first innings of the third Test against India on Friday, including two instances where the veteran left-arm spinner struck twice in one over.
After taking an unassailable 2–0 lead in the three-match series, New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first. Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and moved into a good position at 159 for 4 with an in-form Will Young and Daryl Mitchell in the field after adding 87 runs.
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But the introduction of Ravindra Jadeja started to make things difficult for the Kiwis as he extracted turn and bounce immediately and put the visitors back with a double strike after lunch in the 45th over.
He dismissed Young (71), caught by Rohit, off the second ball of his over and then clean-balled Tom Blundell to send him packing for a three-ball duck. From 159 for 3 it became 159 for 5.

The sharp swing continued to plague the Kiwis as Jadeja took the next three wickets to fall, starting by rattling the stumps behind Glenn Phillips (17).
Seven overs later, in the 61st of the New Zealand innings, Jadjea caught Ish Sodhi (7) in front and then cleaned up Matt Henry (0) for his second double wicket of the day. It also brought up his 14th five-wicket haul.
That put the Kiwis on the mat at 210 for 8 and the innings folded soon after as off-spinner Washington Sundar joined in the fun to first dismiss top-scorer Mitchell (82) and then Ajaz Patel (7) to end his impressive spell of 4 for 81.
New Zealand were bowled out for 235 in 65.4 overs.