Ravindra Jadeja

2023 - 2 - 9

Jadeja

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India offer explanation for star's mystery substance as Clarke floats ... (Fox Sports)

Former Australian Test captain Tim Paine was among those to take note of what Ravindra Jadeja was doing ahead of one of his overs. With Alex Carey and Peter ...

It’s just the perception. “He’s bowling so much so he’s probably got a blister or cut on that finger. “According to the playing conditions, the match referee can independently probe such incidents without needing a complaint to be lodged. What he should have done there, he should have given the ball to the umpire and stand in front of the umpire while he was putting it on his finger,” Clarke said on the Big Sports Breakfast. “While the incident triggered debates on social and mainstream media, it is learned that the Australia team had not brought the matter to the attention of the match referee,” the report said. He then rubbed his hands and finger near and around the ball though it was uncertain what exactly was happening - some suggesting he was putting something on his spinning finger.

Debate swirls over Ravindra Jadeja incident in first India-Australia ... (ABC News)

India spinner Ravindra Jadeja finds himself at the centre of media speculation following an incident on day one of the first Test against Australia in ...

"But anything that happens like that, you've got to do it under the nose of the umpire. Never ever seen this," Vaughan tweeted. He's got the ball in his hand as well.

Debate erupts over Ravindra Jadeja act during first Test between ... (7NEWS.com.au)

Footage has emerged of the star Indian spinner involved in an 'interesting' moment.

The Indian team bowled very well as a unit and really didn’t give us much to score off.” Jadeja is putting himself in a world of trouble for ball tampering.. Polishing finger keeps finger in shape. Renshaw was out for a golden duck as the Queenslander fell the ball after Labuschagne was stumped. Khawaja was out on the first ball of the second over after India successfully reviewed a lbw shout off Mohammed Siraj (1-30). Left-arm spinner Jadeja, playing his first Test since July, claimed the key wickets of Marnus Labuschagne (49) and Steve Smith (37) as Australia’s hopes of posting a respectable total in the first Test all but died with their dismissals. Another added, “he was polishing his first finger. Little bit of vasso on the ball… Never ever seen this …,” Vaughan wrote on Twitter. It is difficult job for finger spinner to bowl long spells. India already doctored a dodgy pitch..” With the Aussies sitting at 5-120 and Jadeja preparing to bowl his 16th over of the day, the TV broadcast captured the bowler going over to talk to one of his teammates.

Furore erupts over spinner's 'interesting' move (Wide World of Sports)

Cricinfo reports that the Indian team has told match referee Andy Pycroft that Jadeja "was applying pain-relief cream to the index finger of his bowling hand.".

The footage was also brought to the attention of former Australian captain Tim Paine on Twitter. Never ever seen this," former England captain Michael Vaughan wrote on Twitter. ['Feeling the heat': Axe hovers over NRL coach](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/the-mole-newcastle-knights-adam-o-brien-feeling-the-heat-in-opening-weeks/4f7fd21a-8775-4b1d-ab64-930a4dc3fd83) [Selection 'disgrace' in spotlight after Aussie flop](https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/australia-india-first-test-2023-travis-head-shock-axing-stuns-greats-matt-renshaw-preferred/b9a8e89a-d50d-46b6-bbd4-c8ec6a84e24e) [who took 5/47 on the opening day](https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/australia-india-first-test-2023-travis-head-shock-axing-stuns-greats-matt-renshaw-preferred/b9a8e89a-d50d-46b6-bbd4-c8ec6a84e24e), is a left-arm finger spinner. [Indian](https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/india-cricket) spinner Ravindra Jadeja is under the microscope after he was spotted appearing to apply a foreign substance to his hand during the [opening day of the first Test in Nagpur](https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/live-scores/india-v-australia-australia-tour-of-india-2023/inau02092023219592).

'Never seen this': debate spins around Ravi Jadeja and mystery ... (The Guardian)

Former Australia captain Tim Paine has fuelled a debate around what star India spinner Ravi Jadeja was doing with an unidentified substance near the ball.