5 players who lit up the India - New Zealand ODI series

#3 Kedar Jadhav

It was a splendid all-round effort from Jadhav

Between Kohli’s batting mastery and Mishra’s bowling wizardry lies an understated all-round performance that deserves special mention; that of Kedar Jadhav, who contributed with the bat and surprisingly, with the ball too. His performances in statistical terms, may not sound earth shattering at first glance. But, it demands a deeper look.

For all the world knew of him before this series, Jadhav was a middle order batsman who could play those quick cameos down the order and also double up as a wicketkeeper if the situation required it.

His bowling was an unknown entity - a wicket each in all first-class and List A cricket being his only stake to claim otherwise - before he started rolling his arms over in this series.In the end, he ended up bowling a total of 18 overs - picking wickets almost every time he was given the ball - for 6 wickets at a mere 12.16 apiece.

In the lost cause in Delhi, he was the only batsman who showed some fight and hit a breezy 41 off 37 balls. On a dry surface that kept getting slower and difficult for run-making as the game progressed, Jadhav’s unbeaten knock of 39 at Visakhapatnam – once again a fluent knock in difficult circumstances - was crucial in pushing India’s total well past the 250 mark.