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#2 Ashton Agar praises 'rockstar' Ravindra Jadeja

Agar's fifer helped Australia crush South Africa in the first T20I yesterday

Australian Ashton Agar dedicated his recent success in the first T20I against South Africa to Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, tagging him as a 'rockstar'. Agar took a five-wicket haul, which included a hattrick and almost another one, and stated that an inspiring chat with India's Jadeja helped him overcome the nerves to perform at the highest level.

Agar, whose physique, action and even batting style resembles that of Jadeja's, revealed that the series loss to India in India recently was a necessary failure which he took into his stride and learned from it.

"I had a wonderful chat with Ravindra Jadeja after the India series. He's my favourite player in the world - I want to play cricket like he does."

"He's an absolute rockstar: smacks them, gun fielder, and spins the ball. But it's just his presence when he's out there, watching his confidence… just talking to him about spin bowling, keep trying to spin the ball. When he's batting he has a really positive attitude, and he takes that attitude into the field as well."

"So I was pretty inspired by talking to him. And I've got good people around me: I've got a wonderful fiancée - she's very supportive, so I'm really lucky - and a great family. They're able to keep me really level."

Full article: Ashton Agar heaps praise on 'rockstar' Ravindra Jadeja; wants to emulate him on the pitch