NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar praised Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja for their unbeaten 195-run partnership, which saved India on the first day of the Test against Bangladesh at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
The duo helped India end the day at 339/6, with Ashwin at 102 not out and Jadeja at 86 not out. India had struggled to 144/6 after Bangladesh pacer Hasan Mahmud disrupted the top order, removing Rohit Sharma (6), Shubman Gill (0), Virat Kohli (6), and Rishabh Pant (39) in the second session.
The dismissals of Yashasvi Jaiswal (56) and KL Rahul (16) in the second session added to India's difficulties before Ashwin and Jadeja restored stability.
Tendulkar praised Ashwin and Jadeja for their "all-round brilliance" that turned the game around.
"From despair to domination! @ashwinravi99 and @imjadeja's knocks have turned the tide for India once again. This all-round brilliance is invaluable. Super partnership boys," Tendulkar wrote on X.
After the day's play, Ashwin appreciated Jadeja for his support during the challenging conditions.
"He (Jadeja) was of real help, there was a point in time where I was really sweating and getting a bit tired, Jaddu noticed it quickly and guided me through that phase. Jaddu has been one of our best batters for our team in the last few years. Him being there, pretty solid and he was also very helpful in terms of telling me that we don't have to convert twos into threes which was really helpful for me," Ashwin said.
Reflecting on his second Test century at Chepauk, Ashwin described it as a "special feeling" and explained the hard work he put in before the series to improve his batting.
"Always a special feeling to play in front of the home crowd. This is a ground I completely love to play cricket in. It's given me a lot of wonderful memories. The last time I got a hundred, you were the coach Ravi bhai (Ravi Shastri). It does feel special. It helps that I have come back at the back of a T20 tournament (TNPL), worked quite a bit on my batting. Of course, I have always been wafting my bat around outside off-stump. Worked on a few things and on a surface like this with a bit of spice, if you're going after the ball, might as well go after it really hard like Rishabh does," he added.
The duo helped India end the day at 339/6, with Ashwin at 102 not out and Jadeja at 86 not out. India had struggled to 144/6 after Bangladesh pacer Hasan Mahmud disrupted the top order, removing Rohit Sharma (6), Shubman Gill (0), Virat Kohli (6), and Rishabh Pant (39) in the second session.
The dismissals of Yashasvi Jaiswal (56) and KL Rahul (16) in the second session added to India's difficulties before Ashwin and Jadeja restored stability.
Tendulkar praised Ashwin and Jadeja for their "all-round brilliance" that turned the game around.
"From despair to domination! @ashwinravi99 and @imjadeja's knocks have turned the tide for India once again. This all-round brilliance is invaluable. Super partnership boys," Tendulkar wrote on X.
From despair to domination! @ashwinravi99 and @imjadeja's knocks have turned the tide for India once again. This all-round brilliance is invaluable.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 19, 2024
Super partnership boys. 👏🏼#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/eZNW6yOr8V
After the day's play, Ashwin appreciated Jadeja for his support during the challenging conditions.
"He (Jadeja) was of real help, there was a point in time where I was really sweating and getting a bit tired, Jaddu noticed it quickly and guided me through that phase. Jaddu has been one of our best batters for our team in the last few years. Him being there, pretty solid and he was also very helpful in terms of telling me that we don't have to convert twos into threes which was really helpful for me," Ashwin said.
Reflecting on his second Test century at Chepauk, Ashwin described it as a "special feeling" and explained the hard work he put in before the series to improve his batting.
"Always a special feeling to play in front of the home crowd. This is a ground I completely love to play cricket in. It's given me a lot of wonderful memories. The last time I got a hundred, you were the coach Ravi bhai (Ravi Shastri). It does feel special. It helps that I have come back at the back of a T20 tournament (TNPL), worked quite a bit on my batting. Of course, I have always been wafting my bat around outside off-stump. Worked on a few things and on a surface like this with a bit of spice, if you're going after the ball, might as well go after it really hard like Rishabh does," he added.
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