Sanjay Manjrekar critiques Ravindra Jadeja's technique against spinners post Nathan Lyon dismissal: 'Must work on...'

Manjrekar pointed out that while Jadeja appeared at ease facing the pace bowlers, he struggled against the spinners. He seemed to have misread Lyon's off-spin delivery, expecting it to turn more than it did.

"He played the fast bowlers a lot and played them very well. He didn't make even a slight mistake against the fast bowlers. However, once Nathan Lyon came, he was expecting off-spin, that the ball would turn. His bat came for the off-spin and the ball was not turning at all. So he played with that mindset," Manjrekar said on Star Sports.

Jadeja scored a gritty fifty at the Gabba and rescued India from a tricky position to avoid follow-on, but it wasn't the same story for him at the MCG. Lyon bowled a slider to Jadeja, and he tried to play it across the line but missed it completely and was hit on the pads. The umpire gave him out, but the all-rounder decided to go for a review where it was seen that the ball would have hit the top of the middle and off stumps. It was the seventh time when Lyon got the better of him in 16 Test innings.

Earlier, there were two instances of run-out in the first session when Jadeja and Pant lacked communication, but Australia couldn't benefit from it. However, they identified Jadeja's area of struggle and put Lyon into the attack to get rid of him.

‘Ravindra Jadeja needs to practice a little more against spin’

Manjrekar advised Jadeja to practice a bit more against spinners in the nets. He feels that the batter's focus often shifted towards getting ready for pacers when they travel overseas, which is also the case with the Indian all-rounder.

"It seems like Jadeja needs to practice a little more against spin because he is looking absolutely comfortable against seam. He used to play very well against spin earlier but it happens that when you play overseas, you start playing fast bowling well and your focus is slightly removed from spin. If only fast bowlers had been there, Jadeja would have played a big knock," he added.

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