Smith's run out stands out, ahead of my wickets: Ravindra Jadeja

SYDNEY: Despite returning with four wickets for 62, a haul that included the wicket of Marnus Labuschagne for 91, India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja termed the run out of Steve Smith his best performance in Australia's first innings of the ongoing third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

"For me the run out is one that I can just rewind and play. It is one of my best. Getting a direct hit from outside the 30-yard circle — I would call this my best, my favourite. As far as wickets are concerned, four or five wickets outside India are also very good but this moment stands out," said Jadeja while speaking to reporters in a virtual interaction at the end of the day's play.

"We had talked about the need to be patient because the wicket is not the kind where you can go out and take a wicket or two straightaway. We decided we have to make them play dot balls...The plan was to not give them easy boundaries, so that we could create pressure and get wickets," Jadeja said.

Matthew Wade succumbed to pressure as he tried to hit Jadeja out but exposed Cameron Green and the tail to the new ball.

"The wicket was a bit slow and it was not easy to bowl on because there was not much turn in it. It was important to bowl at one spot," said the left-arm spinner who picked the wickets of Labuschagne, Wade, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon.

"My thinking was to not leak runs and try create pressure from one side as much I could. This wicket isn't such that you will get a chance in every over," he added. IANS

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