Karsan Ghavri, the coach who took Saurashtra to their maiden Ranji title recently said that Jaydev Unadkat deserves another chance to play for the Indian team. The left-arm speedster picked up 67 wickets which is the highest by a pace bowler in the history of the tournament.

“I do feel Unadkat should get a national call-up again,” Ghavri told the Times of India. “He can bring the ball in and also take it away from the batsman. He (Unadkat) is very consistent and can keep bowling in the same area,” Ghavri said.

“He has worked on his fitness and can bowl long spells now. He can operate with the new ball and also handle the old one. So you can use him in all situations,” Ghavri further added.

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But he is also aware that is difficult to accommodate Jaydev Unadkat in the team as there is already quality pace attack available – be it in Tests or limited-overs.

“Yes it’s true we have a great pace unit now. But I will say the national selectors can keep Unadkat in mind in case they want to rest somebody,” Ghavri said. “All our pacers are right-handed. A left-hander thus provides you a different option. A right-hand left-hand combination often unsettles batsmen.”

Along with this, even his teammate Cheteshwar Pujara also backed Jaydev Unadkat to return to the Indian team soon.

“I will be surprised if he is not picked in the Indian team,” said Pujara.

For his great performance, he has been praised by Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma as well. Saurashtra skipper Unadkat bagged two wickets in the final against Bengal. After this, he became the highest wicket-taker in the 2019-20 season of the Ranji tournament, with 67 wickets. With this, he now holds the second place in the list of overall highest wicket-taker in Ranji Trophy as well.