MS Dhoni is incredibly cool and all words, adjectives fall short for him.
But what word do you find for Ravindra Jadeja who is like an immovable object in the team. He along with R Ashvin, Vinay Kumar form the core players who are never touched, who are never benched, who are never rested, who are never dropped.
Ravinder Jadeja cant bat, cant bowl, cant hit 6s, yet he is # 7. Irfan Pathan who made a decent comeback today, the swing was visible, he touched 130 occasionally, got a wicket and even hit a 6 before getting run out, would be dropped for Sunday's game when Zaheer / PK return.
Jadeja wont be touched. Tendulkar / Sehwag / Gambhir are rotated to accomodate him. He must have a serious backing to be in the team and not deliver, not perform. Its the sight of this bastard that makes me turn off the laptop / TV and stop watching the game, no matter even if Sehwag or Tendulkar are to bat or MSD is batting.
I dont remember any such run given to any player in the past who did not perform for such a long time. Any player who played for India for this long (54 and counting) at least performed once or twice or contributed decently in a win. I dont recall any such performance for this lad.
It's a sad reality that Jadeja would be a permanent fixture in Indian limited overs team irrespective of his performance. Lads around him would continue to be dropped or benched or rested or retired, but he would be an integral part of the team. He just got picked up by the most powerful and of course most corrupt and idiotic man of Indian cricket -- N Srinivasan.
