Former cricketer-turned-commentator Ajay Jadeja has applauded India’s bowling in the second ODI against New Zealand. He added that the Indian team bowled with great discipline despite lacking experience. However, India bowled out New Zealand for 134 in Wellington on Saturday and eventually won the match by four runs via the DLS method as well.

During a discussion on Sony Sports, Jadeja said, “The bowling was extremely disciplined. It’s not like there was a huge difference in help between the previous game and this one, but the bowling was exceptional today. There was rarely a bad ball, and the batters aren’t used to it these days. The batters were used to playing out that period in the 80s.”

“After the first spell, Gurnoor Brar came and troubled the batters with bounce. When Axar Patel came to bowl, the wickets had definitely fallen, but it was a different challenge, and no one could live up to that challenge. This isn’t an experienced bowling attack, but they bowled like an experienced bowling attack,” he further added.

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“I would go to the extent of saying that it’s been a very long time since I have seen such disciplined bowling from any team because they try something or other, assuming that the batter would hit. Daryl Mitchell tried for some time. He hit Anshul Kamboj for two fours in an over to upset them, but they maintained their patience. It was an extremely impressive performance,” he again shared.

However, Ajay Jadeja also shared that Arshdeep Singh (0/16 in seven overs) bowled extremely well even though he might not have picked up a wicket as well.

“If you see it as a team, Arshdeep Singh got four wickets in the last match, and the other got fewer. Just because he didn’t get wickets doesn’t mean he didn’t bowl well. In fact, he bowled extremely well, probably better than when he took four wickets in the previous game,” he said.

“However, it doesn’t reflect in your figures some day, but everyone bowled well. If you have bowled out a team for 134, naturally you have bowled well. Yes, New Zealand would be disappointed that they didn’t fight. Questions were being asked, and New Zealand didn’t have any answers,” Jadeja concluded.