India vs Australia 2017, 2nd ODI: 5 reasons why the hosts won

#4. Jadeja’s wonderful catch

Jadeja took a brilliant catch to dismiss the Australian skipper

Not being a part of the ODI squad initially, Ravindra Jadeja was called up to the team for the first three ODIs as a replacement for Axar Patel who injured his left ankle during a football game while training for the first ODI.

Jadeja wasn’t chosen in the team for the first ODI neither was he chosen to play today. However, Kedar Jadhav, unfortunately, injured his ankle during the 29th over while fielding at backward point and had to walk off the pitch and Jadeja came on to field for remainder of the match.

At the time, Australia were in a decent position at 133/4 with Steve Smith looking good at 55. In the following over, bowled by Pandya, Smith hit a boundary on the third delivery to move to 59.

However, on the 5th delivery of the over, Smith pulled a bouncer from Pandya but could not keep it low. The ball travelled towards an area between square leg and deep square leg and Jadeja came in to take a wonderful diving catch and send back the Aussie skipper.

This wicket triggered a middle-order collapse as the Aussies began to lose wickets in quick succession, which eventually led to their dismissal for 202.