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The 31-year-old senior Saurashtra pacer Jaydev Unadkat has been called up to the Indian Test squad for the upcoming bilateral series against Bangladesh starting from the 14th of December. He will join the squad shortly after completing the visa formalities in Rajkot. Recently, Saurashtra won the title of Vijay Hazare Trophy under Unadkat’s captaincy.
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Earlier, the right-arm pacer led his domestic team to glory in the Ranji Trophy season of 2019-20. Notably, it was also the maiden Ranji title won by Saurashtra. Apart from the captaincy, Unadkat also impressed everyone with his stellar bowling performances as he ended up as the leading wicket-taker in Vijay Hazare Trophy with 19 wickets to his name.
The Indian cricketing fraternity including both fans and cricketers took to Twitter to congratulate Unadkat for a Test call-up after a long wait of 12 years. Notably, star Indian players Suryakumar Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin also tweeted for Ashwin also took to Twitter to congratulate Saurashtra skipper.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Jaydev Unadkat’s selection in the Test squad:
Congratulations @JUnadkat 👏👏. Well deserved
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) December 10, 2022
Woke up to this amazing news. @JUnadkat 💪❤️🫡✊🏼 SO SO SO happy for you bro 🤗
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) December 10, 2022
Hein Ji...? 🙄🙄
— 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢 (@SaurabhTripathS) December 10, 2022
No place for Umran / Saini etc, Going backward !!
Well Deserved Pick.
— SR Cricket Fantasy (@CricketFantasyS) December 10, 2022
He deserved
— Rohit45 (@KarnarohitMahe2) December 10, 2022
Wow🙌
— Sourav Debnath (@Theviratiansou2) December 10, 2022
Hardwork pays off
Well deserved and much needed change, hope he gets a chance in the playing XI
— Niranjanachar B N (@ni_achar) December 10, 2022
Congratulations @JUnadkat happy for you
— Khodu Ahirr (@BhuvaKhodu) December 10, 2022
Finnally selectors eyes 👁️ opened towards FC performed bowlers..
— Guru (@okguru_) December 10, 2022
Finally BCCI is doing some good deed to him
— Anonymous (@AlmostMage) December 10, 2022
Probably the king of Domestic As a bowler..
— Abhijeet (@Abhijeet042729) December 10, 2022
He deserves..
Atlast 🔥
— Girish Babu (@GirishBabu_27) December 10, 2022
The inclusion of Unadkat in the squad also transliterates into the fact that he will not be a part of Saurashtra’s first match in the Ranji Trophy against Assam. Unadkat has impressed with his stellar performances as a bowler and skipper for Saurashtra.
The 31-year-old led Saurashtra to glory in the Ranji Trophy when they won their maiden title in the 2019-20 season. The team also clinched the title of the recently concluded Vijay Hazare Trophy under the captaincy of Unadkat.
The right-arm pacer scalped 19 wickets in 10 games and ended up as the leading wicket-taker of the tournament.
As of now, Unadkat is waiting for the completion of the visa formalities and currently staying in Rajkot.
Notably, Saurashtra’s regular seamer and skipper haven’t appeared in any Test match since his debut for India against South Africa in the Centurion Test of 2010. Unfortunately, he couldn’t scalp any wickets in his debut Test match.
Looking at Unadkat’s track record in domestic cricket, he has played 96 FC matches and scalped 353 wickets with 20 five-wicket hauls in an inning and 5 10-wicket hauls in a match.