India's Ravindra Jadeja on their victory over Australia in their ICC Cricket World Cup opener

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00:00 Jaddu, congratulations and the question is, do you think when they were going 110 for

00:09 2, it was the Steve Smith wicket, that particular ball which was a ripper, turned the match

00:15 for India. Do you say that was the best among the three and from 110 for 2 they were reduced

00:22 to 119 for 5 and that tempted the match in favor of India. What was your take and do

00:29 you think that your IPL experience here, playing at Cheapak, has played a big role in it?

00:36 I think that was the turning moment, you know, when you get the wicket like Steve Smith,

00:44 from there onwards, it was not easy to just come in and rotate the strike for the new

00:52 batters. So I think I would say that wicket was the turning point. From there onwards,

00:59 they were 119 for 3 and from 199 all out. So I think, yeah, I would say that was the

01:07 turning point and yeah, it helped me because I knew the condition in Chennai. I have been

01:13 playing here since like 10, 11 years, so I know the condition in this ground. So I think

01:21 I enjoyed and whatever I contribute to the team, I always feel happy.

01:27 Ravindra, like it is said many times in this team that your role is slightly different

01:32 as a spinner. So here, and there were many matches in the past where you have not got

01:37 3 wickets. So you were playing in this world cup Chennai, so you were determined that no,

01:42 I am a big match, the team needs me. Were such thoughts in your mind when you came

01:46 to Chennai? No, no, I mean, see, if you are playing for

01:51 India, every match is big. I never take anything for granted that I am set, I have nothing

01:59 like that. Whenever I play, I obviously try to give my 100 percent, but sometimes it happens,

02:05 sometimes it doesn't. But whenever it happens and the team wins, it feels really good.

02:10 Jaddu bhai, first of all, many many congratulations. Although the whole team has a very good experience,

02:16 but there are two players, Ravi Chandan Ashwin and Virat Kohli, who have also played the

02:20 World Cup in 2011. Before this tournament started, did they get any message that let's

02:26 play like this, this tournament may help us, keeping in mind 2011?

02:31 No, no such special message, not just from them, I mean everyone has inputs that how

02:37 to plan the game, which venue, which team will play against, how to play, everything,

02:43 small things will be implemented, all that remains. There was no such special message,

02:50 but everyone has a different perspective of reading the game. So, it is the same, this

02:58 is a team game, everyone brings their thoughts to the ground and according to that, it works

03:05 out. So, it is like, what to do against a particular batsman or a particular bowler,

03:11 what is their weak zone, what is their strong area, all that is discussed on the ground.

03:18 Hello, hello, my question is that on this pitch, where there was a turn and a grip, how

03:25 important is it to maintain accuracy in line and length? Because the line and length you

03:30 are talking about is very accurate and the Australian batsmen are not able to understand

03:35 it, so can you tell us something on that? Accuracy was that, when I started the first

03:40 over, the ball was coming a little slow after falling, so I thought it was afternoon time

03:47 and it was hot and the wicket was looking dry in the afternoon, so I was thinking that

03:53 the line with the stump will be better because if any ball will turn straight from here,

03:59 it will not be so easy for the batsman to line up, so this was my plan that I should

04:06 put it in the stump and luckily the ball of Smith turned a little more, so my plan was

04:14 simple and I was thinking that this is a test match bowling wicket, I should not do much

04:22 of an experiment because everything was happening with the wicket, so I was trying to put the

04:29 stump to stump. Jaddu, one question is that Rahul and Rohit always talk about role clarity

04:35 that everyone should know their roles, so when all three of you are playing together, you

04:40 Ash and Kuldeep, can you explain a little bit that their role and your role, since you

04:47 are different bowlers, how does the role differ? The role is nothing, we are trying to

04:53 take more wickets as soon as possible, in such wickets, all three of them must be thinking

04:59 that I should get more, I should get more, isn't it? This is what happens in the mind and

05:04 if they are thinking like this, then it is not wrong, if everyone is thinking like this,

05:09 then it is good, the other team will get all out soon. Jaddu, today all three spinners

05:14 bowled very well, you, Ashwin and Kuldeep, do you think that if you get such wickets in

05:19 the future, the biggest strength of the team is to play on such spinning tracks and you

05:24 will get such wickets in the future? I think if such wickets are available in the future,

05:29 but it depends on the venue that such wickets are not available everywhere, but if such

05:34 wickets are available on the ground that yes, the ball can rotate here, then obviously this

05:39 combination can go. Jaddu, here to your left, at 2 for 3 or 2 runs and 3 wickets, what was

05:46 it like in the dressing room, was there still a sense of calmness or was there a little

05:57 bit of? Yeah, like obviously when you, 3 wickets down in just couple of hours, you obviously

06:04 don't get panic little bit, but it's a, we know that Virat and Rahul, they know they

06:11 have been doing for the team since so many years, so I think nobody was too much hyper

06:18 or panic at that time, but yeah, luckily they were, you know they played brilliantly, you

06:23 know, they knows the condition well and they took the game forward till the last, so I

06:29 think that was amazing to see. Jaddu, you said in a very simple way that you kept the

06:37 line on the stump and didn't try to experiment much, still your subtle variations, I mean

06:45 a little more over spin, you take Steve Smith's wicket, so before that you get a feeling that

06:53 the batsman is trying something, so now he tries to turn more, does that happen? No,

07:00 no, I won't tell you, you will print it in English and the people in front will understand,

07:05 no I won't tell you. Hello sir, in today's match we saw 2 world records, I am here, record

07:16 is like, number one record is like, in ODI history we have never lost, top 4 batsmen

07:22 have been ducked out 3 times, this is the first time, so what was running in your head

07:27 and also 150, more than 150 partnership against Australia, that too for the first time, so

07:34 when these kind of big records are happening, so what happens when you guys are in there?

07:39 See, we didn't know that 3 were out for the first time and all, but positive innings

07:46 and matches are about partnership, when the team was under pressure, how our batsmen

07:54 handled that situation and in the World Cup, such matches will come, as we move forward

08:00 and there will be crucial matches, knockouts or any game with do or die situation, so such

08:08 situations will come, so how our batsmen handle pressure, that can be taken as a positive,

08:14 but the first record you told, even I didn't know that it happened.

08:19 Jaddu, India is a favourite, first win gives confidence, but when the first win is against

08:29 Australia, does the confidence double, games are coming, Afghanistan, then Pakistan,

08:34 India, India is a favourite, so how do you feel?

08:38 It feels good that you defeat a big team and your confidence will be good, that beating

08:44 Australia and 2-3 other strong teams in the World Cup, if you defeat them, then I won't

08:51 say that it will be easy against other teams, because every team is good, but if you win

08:58 against them, then obviously as a team your confidence is different and in the next stage

09:05 as a team, if 7-8 out of 11 have good confidence, then hopefully we can go in a positive direction.

09:15 Jaddu, you are 3 spinners, you left Kuldeep, so you and Ravi Chandran Ashwin are senior

09:27 players, you have been playing for a long time, so how did you give confidence to Kuldeep?

09:33 No, he doesn't need confidence, he is doing well in 2-3 series, he has taken 5 wickets in

09:41 the last 6 overs, he was the highest wicket taker, so he is in good rhythm, in good touch,

09:46 so hopefully he will continue to do so, as a spinner, we talk about the ball, where the

09:54 spin is, if it is not there, how fast can we bowl, so we pass on the message to each

10:00 other, so it makes a difference and gives an idea that in this wicket, which speed and

10:06 which line and length can be bowled.

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