Jagadeesan has been hitting a hundred every day like drinking a cup of tea after waking up in the morning. His current hobby is to break a record every day in Indian cricket and world cricket. Jagatheesan's name, which has been on the side-lines of the newspapers, has started making headlines after this Vijay Hazare series.
Sometimes, no matter how talented we are, there has to be a time for us. Jagatheesan had never seen anything like that before. But if we blame time and step aside, history will also put us on the same side. Only those who fear nothing can cross the sea and find the shore. Jagatheesan is doing such a counter-swimming.
Jagatheesan made his debut in the Tamil Nadu team about six years ago in 2016. He scored his century in the first match against Madhya Pradesh. He is the Tamil Nadu player who scored a century in the first match in about eight years.
Although he played in the lower middle order in the first match, he was talented enough to open as an opener in the next year's Ranji series. However, he is a player who doesn't like to argue that 'I only want to play the opening game'. As Dinesh Karthik played in the top order in 2018 to make his comeback to the Indian team, Jagatheesan also played well in the middle order. Chennai also got an IPL opportunity to showcase his full potential in the Tamil Nadu Premier League.
In the 2018 IPL series, Jagadeesan did not get a chance to showcase his talent except when he got a chance to share his experiences with the senior players. The Chennai management also said in somewhat harsher terms, "We are playing to win trophies and not to develop young players." Jagadeesan was unable to show his full potential even after that.
It has become a habit for Jagadeesan to be denied opportunities and not be able to use the opportunity properly in places like this. Jagatheesan said that even though the Chennai team did not give him big opportunities, the experience of traveling with the likes of Mike Hussey has given him a huge boost in his cricketing career. He is adept at improving himself by searching for whatever he needs without getting paralyzed in the corner because he doesn't get the opportunity. While with the Chennai team, Jagadeesan has shown great interest in developing his cricket through his experiences by knocking on Dhoni's door as much as possible.
Jagatheesan, who was dismissed in the Mankad manner in the Tamil Nadu Premier League series a few months back, returned to the pavilion expressing his displeasure in a rather crude manner. This action was shared by many at the time as diminishing the importance of Jagatheesan's runs scored over the years and justifying his continued omissions. That too, such an incident took place in the first match of the series, and it must have had a big impact on him mentally. Once again Jagatheesan had closed doors as his batting performance was not good either.
Like a bee that collects honey again and again no matter how many times its efforts go in vain, Jagatheesan has crossed the century in the second match of the Vijay Hazare series. Now it has become 5 hundred in a row.
Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu won all the matches, and he has crossed centuries. Especially with the double century scored against Arunachal Pradesh today, many achievements have fallen under him.
His first wicket stands of 416 with Sai Sudarsan is the highest partnership in 50 over cricket.
Similarly, Jagatheesan also created the record of highest individual score scored in 50 over innings by accumulating 277 runs in today's match.
But there is no doubt that Jagadeesan will continue to try to open any number of doors that close.
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