Ravindra Jadeja ends press conference on a cheeky note when asked, ‘what if New Zealand beat Afghanistan?’ Know his epic answer

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, November 6

Senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Friday ended the press conference on a cheeky note when a scribe asked, “what if New Zealand beat Afghanistan? What would you do?

Jadeja smiled and said:  “Then we will pack our bags and go home. What else will be left then.”

“Toh phir aur bag pack karke ghar jayenge, aur kya”???????? pic.twitter.com/V6DE71UcM0

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He said that it was unfair to judge the Indian team on the basis of one or two defeats after consistent good performances at home and abroad in the last three years.

Jadeja, who was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his 3 for 15 against Scotland, was asked in the context of his skipper Virat Kohli’s assertion that the team wasn’t “brave enough” against New Zealand during their second game which they lost by eight wickets.

“If you look at it that way, then in last two to three years, we have played some really good cricket, whether it’s in India or overseas. So it’s not fair to judge us on basis of one or two games,” Jadeja said after India’s 8-wicket win over Scotland.

“In T20 cricket, any team can have an odd bad game or two but you can’t think too much about those defeats. You have to move on and think about the opportunities ahead. We will take the positives from those two games and look to play well in future games,” he added.

India played three specialist spinners on the day but Jadeja said that his role was the same it has now been for years.

“My role was same. I looked to take wickets in middle overs and bowl like how I bowl usually. No change in plans just because we were playing Scotland. It was a simple basic plan. Look to bowl in good areas and let the wicket do the rest.”

He admitted that in the ongoing T20 World Cup, dew has become a game-changer and often the same team that looks disoriented while batting in the first innings is looking like a different team when batting second. With PTI inputs