Watch: Ravindra Jadeja removes Faf du Plessis with a superb delivery

Watch: Ravindra Jadeja removes Faf du Plessis with a superb delivery: Ravindra Jadeja’s greatest strength is his accuracy. The left-arm spinner brilliantly maximizes the natural variation available in the pitch and can bowl long spells without tiring. On the turning tracks of India, he becomes deadly dangerous since he generates turn, bounce and odd ones go straight. These variations have troubled the South African batsmen in the ongoing Test series and Jadeja has picked up crucial wickets at regular intervals for India. His performances with the bat and on the field have also enabled the team to take an inaccessible lead of 2-0 over the Proteas.

In the 4th at final Test in Delhi, the visitors have been blocking everything bowled at them in their second innings. Wanting to ensure a draw, their batsmen have kept defending with great determination and have done well to take the game into the final day.

For the first time in the series has the patience of the Indian bowlers been tested to such an extent. Jadeja got two big wickets to get India back in the contest and put the South Africans under further pressure. First he removed their skipper Hashim Amla with a brilliant ball that spun past the bat to take the off-stump. The second wicket was that of Faf du Plessis with another brilliant piece of bowling.

Mixing the pace and length of the deliveries, Jadeja kept Faf guessing and ultimately proved good enough for the South African. He gets a lot of LBW’s due to the straight delivery that he bowls so well. Having watched the balls that spun sharply away, Faf pushed forward tentatively in defence however the ball did not turn.

It slid on with the arm and hit him plumb in front of middle. The umpire didn’t have any hesitation in giving the batsman out LBW although he did check with the third umpire about the no ball. Replays confirmed that Jadeja’s foot had comfortably landed legitimately.

Watch: Ravindra Jadeja removes Faf du Plessis with a superb delivery:

Watch: Ravindra Jadeja breaches Hashim Amla’s defence