‘Bag pack karke ghar jayenge,’ Jadeja’s cheeky reply when asked about NZ vs AFG game

Ravindra Jadeja showed his amusing side at the post-match meeting following the team’s determined triumph over Scotland on Friday in Dubai.

India pounded Scotland by eight wickets in Match 37 of the T20 World Cup 2021. Bowling first, India packaged out the resistance for 85 preceding chasing down the target in 6.3 overs. Jadeja was the Player of the Match for his figures of 3 for 15.

At a post-match question and answer session, the all-rounder was strangely asked what India’s arrangements were if Afghanistan went down to New Zealand.

“Toh phir bag pack karke ghar jayenge, aur kya?” he said.

The main way India can fit the bill for the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2021 is if Afghanistan beat New Zealand and India beat Namibia. Indeed, even in this situation, India should have a preferred run rate over both Afghanistan and New Zealand to complete second in Group 2.

On a genuine note, Jadeja was asked how India dealt with make a comeback after two certainty breaking routs. The left-arm spinner declared that the group didn’t pass judgment on itself on two terrible games.

“We don’t judge ourselves based on one or two bad games. This can happen to any team in the T20 format sometimes. We have been good all over the world over the last two to three years across formats,” he said.

“But we are not thinking about that now. We are looking forward to the opportunities that we have, and we will look to play well, like we did today and in the previous match, in the last game too,” he added.

India were battered by Pakistan and New Zealand in their initial two matches by 10 wickets and eight wickets individually. They enlisted their first triumph in the T20 World Cup 2021 by overcoming Afghanistan by 66 runs.