India vs Australia 2017: 5 issues India should resolve before the third test

#2 Exploiting Jadeja’s abilities

Jadeja was magnificent in Bangalore but was also underused by Kohli

Kohli has been impressive with his captaincy and his ‘win first’ approach has won him many fans. But he still needs to work on some aspects of making optimum use of bowling resources.

In the first innings in Bangalore, Jadeja was India’s best bowler by a fair margin. However, he was also the most underused bowler. Jadeja bowled only 18.6 percent of India’s total overs whereas Ashwin’s percentage was 39.8, which is more than double of Jadeja’s.

Despite getting a wicket in his fourth over, Jadeja was given only five overs in the first 62 overs of Australia’s innings. Jadeja’s success lies in bowling long spells when he hits the right area over after over. He was denied to do that in the first innings as he was used for short spells. Even then, he grabbed six wickets and proved his worth.

In the next Test, Kohli has to make sure that he makes complete use of this match winner and offers him an extended run.