Chennai: Tamil Nadu will face Saurashtra today in their last league match of the Ranji Cup cricket series. The match starts at 9.30 AM at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepakkam, Chennai. Ravindra Jadeja has been appointed as the captain of the Saurashtra team participating in this tournament.
The Indian team is scheduled to play a Test series against Australia early next month. Jadeja is in a position to prove his fitness for this series. For this reason, he is going to play in the Ranji match to be held in Chennai. On this occasion, yesterday, he engaged in intense net training. He took bowling practice for about 30 minutes and batting practice for the next 30 minutes. Jadeja suffered a knee injury while playing in the Asia Cup series last August. After undergoing surgery for this, he did not participate in international competitions for about 5 months. The National Cricket Academy instructor monitored Jadeja’s progress in training yesterday.