Ravindra Jadeja follows his Australian ‘friend’ on Instagram for 24 hours

Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is not giving up on Aussies even off the field as he followed Australia’s Nathan Lyon on Instagram for 24 hours. Jadeja posted a story on his Instagram account stating, “Following my friend Nathan Lyon for 24 hours.”

The Australian off-spinner reshared the same story on his account. Jadeja has over five million in Instagram, but he follows only one person right now. “You don’t even follow me on Instagram, I was waiting for your follow. You don’t follow anyone else. Can you follow?” Lyon was caught in stump mic saying this to Jadeja during the Delhi Test.

Both Jadeja and Lyon are a part of the ongoing Test series between India and Australia. Lyon was the main anchor of Australian bowling in the second innings of the Delhi Test taking 5 wickets for 67 runs. He went on to take 2 wickets in the fourth innings. Meanwhile, Jadeja has been the pivotal player for India in the series with two Player of the match awards in two matches so far.

Making his comeback in the Indian team after almost six months, Jadeja went on to take 5 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the third innings of the Nagpur Test. He also delivered with the bat scoring 70 runs as India posted 400 runs. In the second Test in Delhi, the leg-spinner took 3 wickets in the first innings and registered his career-best figures in the third innings taking 7 wickets for 42 runs.

India retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

India are currently 2-0 up in a four-match series and they have retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the fourth consecutive time. The hosts won the Nagpur Test by an inning and 132 runs. India took a lead of 223 runs in the first innings bowling the visitors out for 177 and posting a total of 400 runs powered by the skipper Rohit Sharma, who scored 120 runs. In the third inning, Australia bundled out for 91 runs and India registered a big win.

In the Delhi Test, Australia managed to take a lead of just 1 run against India in the first innings. However, the Australian batters completely surrendered in front of Indian spinners as the visitors got bowled out for 113 runs. India chased the total with ease and won the match by 6 wickets.