The left-arm pacer from Saurashtra, Jaydev Unadkat is eagerly waiting for one more chance in the longest format. As he hasn’t got a single chance since his debut in 2010. Jaydev made his test debut way back in the South Africa tour in 2010. After that, he had played around 17 white ball International games. As well but he failed to make a big impact in it.
Team India has struggled a lot to find a good left-arm seamer over many years. But hasn’t got a perfect one. Who fits in the side in case of that many people often think that why Jaydev is never considered by the selectors for a test recall.
Jaydev was brilliant in the last Ranji Trophy which was held in India a couple of years ago, where not only the bowl brilliantly for Saurashtra but also led the side to their first title.
Jaydev shared an emotional tweet
He wrote – “Dear Red ball, please give me one more chance, I will make you proud” There was mix reaction of the public under his tweet about whether he should get a chance or not.
Dear red ball, please give me one more chance.. I’ll make you proud, promise! pic.twitter.com/ThPUOpRlyR
— Jaydev Unadkat (@JUnadkat) January 4, 2022
Jaydev Unadkat domestic red ball Stats
1st Class games – 89 matches, 327 wickets at an average of 23.2
T20I and ODIs stats
He played 7 ODIs and 10 T20I where he picked 8 and 14 wickets at an average of 26.12 and 21.5 respectively.
IPL stats
He has represented Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rising Pune Supergiant, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, and Rajasthan Royals in IPL. He gad played 86 matches in total where he picked 85 wickets at an average of around 30.
My bowling pace is not an issue – Jaydev
One of the Twitter users tried to take a dig at the pace at which he bowls. And asked him what pace he would bowl at if he is indeed given a chance to playtest cricket for India again.
Replying to it, Jaydev said he would bowl at a pace that would get him wickets because one can get wickets at the international level despite not having an express pace.
“At a pace which gets me wickets, even on the flat tracks at my home ground. If you want to see the numbers, keep a wider perspective and check all columns..! “
At a pace which gets me wickets, even on the flat tracks at my home ground. If you want to see the numbers, keep a wider perspective and check all columns..! 😉🙌🏼 https://t.co/voQXZmt7Rc
— Jaydev Unadkat (@JUnadkat) January 4, 2022