IND vs WI: Not Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja wins 'Player of the series award', says ‘I don’t think too much about records’

While it was Kuldeep Yadav who finished the two-Test series against West Indies, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was adjudged ‘Player of the series’. Jadeja scored a century and claimed eight wickets at an average of 27.13, including a four-fer in the first Test.

Jadeja bowled 68 overs in the Test series. The left-arm spinner said that he has been given the opportunity to bowl more overs in home conditions with Ravichandran Ashwin retired. He believes in the brand of the cricket Shubman Gill-led India have been playing of late.

“I could get a chance to bowl more overs (after Ashwin's retirement). But yeah, all in all, we’ve been doing wonderful work as a team, in terms of batting and bowling. I think we know what brand of cricket we’ve been playing over the last five, six months. So that’s a good sign as a team, that we continue to do it over a long period of time,” Jadeja said in the post-match presentation.

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Jadeja thanks Gambhir for promotion

Jadeja credited head coach Gautam Gambhir for promoting up the order which has led to a change in mindset. He is not thinking about records and wants to contribute to the win.

“As Gauti bhai (Gambhir) said, I’m at number six now. So I’m thinking more as a proper batsman, and that works for me. In the past, for many years, I’ve been batting at number eight, number nine, so my mindset was a little different from what I have now. I’m just trying to spend more time in the middle whenever I get a chance to bat,” the veteran all-rounder said.

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“To be honest, I don’t think too much about records. I just focus on contributing with both bat and ball to help my team win. I always look forward to do that. I feel if I don’t perform with bat and ball, then it doesn’t reflect my value as a player. I’m always keen and give my 100 percent. I think this is my third Man of the Series trophy, so yeah, I’m very happy to bring it back home,” he added.

Jadeja’s next assignment

Jadeja is not part of the ODI squad on Australia tour. He will be seen next in action in the two-Test series against South Africa which starts on November 14.