Former Indian opener turned commentator Aakash Chopra said star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja could have finished with as many as seven wickets if he had bowled from the opposite end on Day 3 of the India vs West Indies first Test, as well in Ahmedabad.

Talking about Ravindra Jadeja’s brilliant Player-of-the-Match showing, Chopra said on ESPN Cricinfo, “Expected again from Ravindra Jadeja and that was after he bowled from the wrong end initially. So had he bowled from the North end, he would have ended up with a seven-wicket haul because the foot marks were there for him to exploit. He was bowled from the opposite end where there was very little help yet, again too good for the West Indian batters.”

“Generational talent in Test cricket because he has lasted for this long to begin with. And one thing that has stood out for me – when you reach the highest point in your career, you hit a ceiling. And then you expect similar performances over a period of time with a little dip here and there. But you don’t expect going up from that certain standard. Yet with Jadeja, especially with the batting, you see that he’s still evolving and improving,” he again shared.

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Aakash Chopra also named pacer Mohammed Siraj as India’s standout performer in the second innings of the first West Indies Test as well. He picked up three wickets in the second innings after a four-wicket haul in the first as well.

“Mohammed Siraj, with the effort he has put in. Because one thing about Test cricket for Indians, we have opportunities to score easy Test runs sometimes. It happened in this Test match as well. As a spinner also, we have opportunities to pick up easy and cheap wickets and again it happened in this Test match. And it happens over a period of time. It’s only the Indian fast bowlers who do not get an opportunity to pick easy wickets and you have to work hard every single time,” said Chopra.

“Mohammed Siraj decided I’ve not played any cricket for two months so I am going to put in the hard yards and try to take a few wickets because half the time we won’t even get to bowl in the second innings. This was the first time he picked up a single wicket in the second innings of a Test match in India. So for me, on a surface that had nothing on offer for fast bowlers, he picked three,” Aakash Chopra concluded.