Ravindra Jadeja is going to be India’s X-factor vs Australia: Graeme Swann

Former England spinner Graeme Swann believes Ravindra Jadeja will be India’s key player in the 2023 World Cup final against Australia.India will take on Australia in the World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

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The Australian team aims to secure their sixth World Cup title, extending their record, while the Indian team seeks to join the ranks of teams that have won the trophy at least three times, a feat accomplished by only one other team so far.

“I am always going to look for the X-factor player, the rockstar, and that has to be (Ravindra) Jadeja. He has had a fairly quiet backend to this World Cup, mostly because the batting order hasn’t really given him anything to do,” Swann said while speaking on CNN News 18.

Swann pointed out Ravindra Jadeja’s performance in the IPL 2023 final to emphasize how the all-rounder consistently elevates his performance on significant occasions. Chennai Super Kings required 10 runs from the last two deliveries in the IPL 2023 final against Gujarat Titans when Jadeja struck a six and a four off Mohit Sharma’s deliveries, guiding MS Dhoni’s team to their fifth IPL title.

“I always look for big-time players, players when the pressure is on in the heat of the battle, times when even the world’s best fail, Jadeja absolutely lives for those occasions. Just look at the IPL last year; wins the whole IPL off the last two balls, a six and a four.”

Swann firmly stated his conviction that Jadeja is destined to be the standout Player of the Match in the upcoming World Cup final.