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In a delightful piece of news for Indian cricket fans, star Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has cleared the fitness test of the National Cricket Academy and he has gotten a go-ahead from the authorities to be a part of the Indian squad for the first Test against the Aussies starting on Thursday, the 9th of February.
The report by Cricbuzz understands that the 34-year-old will join the camp rest of the squad in Nagpur very soon.
“All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been cleared to participate in the series-opening Nagpur Test against Australia by the National Cricket Academy. A fitness report on his readiness to participate was issued by the NCA on Wednesday (February 1), paving the way for him to join the rest of the squad in Nagpur, where the team will have a short camp in preparation for the Test and the series,” reads the report.
Notably, Jadeja hasn’t been a part of the Indian team in international cricket for the last couple of months due to the back injury that he sustained during the Asia Cup 2022.
Apart from this, this news has also come as an opportunity to come up with wide and various reactions on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
Here’s how fans reacted to the news:
Abb full Talwar bazi hoga
— Prasun Jha (@jprasun21) February 2, 2023
Finally one of them has returned
— Vishnu Sivadasan (@Vishnu1002Arago) February 2, 2023
Australia shivering
— GERALD-G🗿 (@pygohil_007) February 2, 2023
He just played a 4 day game. Bowled 17 overs on day 1. Came back and bowled another 10 the next day, then batted. Day 3 he bowled another 15 overs and took 7. To my mind, that's passing a fitness test alright.
— The Shah of Blah 🌈 (@mrgnk) February 2, 2023
Warner , Smith , Labuschagne already shivering 🥶
— Adlee (@ImAdlee225) February 2, 2023
It would be surprising if he fails
— GG(fan account) (@okok_coolcool) February 2, 2023
— Rc17 (@rcbeast17) February 2, 2023
No more a NCA merchant
— Marc Spector 🌜 (@mOonknight146) February 2, 2023
— ʀᴋ (@ravikhiran7) February 2, 2023
That bjp politician is going to play again🤦
— Shubham (@shubham8bp) February 2, 2023
Ravindra Jadeja has been cleared to participate in the Nagpur Test against Australia by the NCA#RAVINDRAJADEJA #INDvsAUS #BorderGavaskarTrophy #nca #fitness pic.twitter.com/WQvWBqJwSU
— Manoj Joshi (@manojjoshimedia) February 2, 2023
Hurrayyyyy 😀🙏 Welcome back Rockstar 🔥 was Waiting for this day !! 💥 #RAVINDRAJADEJA #BGT
— Gaurav_chapagain ᶜʳᵃᶻʸ@ᶜʳⁱᶜ🇳🇵 (@imgaurab8) February 2, 2023
In another line of events, middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer is doubtful for the Nagpur Test as he is yet to recover completely from the back injury. Meanwhile, World number 1 T20I batter Suryakumar Yadav is likely to make his Test debut in the first of the four-match Test series against Pat Cummins’ men.
Here’s a look at India's squad for the first two Test against Australia:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.