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Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar lavished praise on all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja for his five-wicket haul in the ongoing third Test match against New Zealand at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Jadeja picked up Will Young, Tom Blundell (wk), Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, and Matt Henry. Apart from Jadeja, Washinton Sundar got four scalps and Akash Deep got one.
Manjrekar picked his 'X' formerly known as Twitter to hail the Indian all-rounder Jadeja for his heroics during Wankhede Test.
"Over the moon for my favourite cricketer, Jadeja. A fifer! He needed that! And so did the team" posted Manjrekar.
Coming back to the match, The spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar shared nine wickets between them to bowl out New Zealand for 235 on the opening day of their third and final Test against India here on Friday.
Left-arm spinner Jadeja returned with 5/65, while young off-spinner Washington bagged 4/81 as the visitors were bowled out in 65.4 overs after opting to bat.
Jadeja first broke the defiance of Will Young, who scored a well-made 71 off 138 balls, before dismissing Tom Blundell for a duck just two balls later.
Before the tea interval, Jadeja also bowled Glenn Phillips for 17.
Earlier in the day, pacer Akash Deep (1/22 in five overs) struck early to dismiss opener Devon Conway for just 4 after New Zealand chose to bat.
Washington then added to India's early breakthroughs, claiming two key wickets in the first session to put New Zealand on the back foot. Daryl Mitchell was New Zealand's top-scorer with 81.
New Zealand are currently leading the series 2-0 and now the Men in Blue will look to save the whitewash in Wankhede.
