Team India is locking horns with Sri Lanka in the opening game of the three-match T20I series starting from February 24. The veteran all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja has made a comeback to the squad for the series and will feature in Tests and T20Is. Jadeja had amassed 256 runs and bagged 46 wickets in T20Is. Also, he has 2195 runs and scalped 232 wickets in Test cricket. Former India fast bowler, Ashish Nehra has opined that Jadeja will improve the team’s combination in all formats.

During a recent chat in Cricbuzz, Ashish Nehra said, “Jadeja’s return is a plus, he always improves the team’s combination in all formats. In the last two or three years, the way he has improved his batting, he is no longer a No.7 or No.8 player and in ODIs and T20Is, he can bat at even No.6 if the conditions are good.”

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India are coming into the series on the back of a clean sweep against West Indies in the recent three-match ODI and T20I series against West Indies. On the other hand Sri Lanka had suffered a dominating loss against Australia in a 5-match T20I series but they registered a victory in the last game against the hosts.

Talking about the same, Ashish Nehra said, “One can hope that Sri Lanka will play well here considering they are fresh from a tour of Australia and give a better fight to India than West Indies did.”

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He further explained, “The West Indies had a few moments for themselves in the ODIs and T20Is but they could never finish them. Sri Lanka also experienced something similar in Australia and they would want to get some change to that scoreline here.”