Watch India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Live Streaming
Watch India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Live StreamingAfter contributing 22 brisk runs with the bat, Jadeja played a stellar role with the ball as well, claiming two South African wickets conceding just 29 runs in his accurate 10 overs to help India win by one run.
"Since I was bowling in the Powerplays, the idea was to keep it stump-to-stump. There was no question of giving width to the South Africans. I decided not to bowl too much outside the off-stump. They were going great guns, so we could not afford to gift them easy runs," said the all-rounder who was adjudged Man of the Match for his sparkling performance.
"There was not much turn in the track, so I thought I would bowl to their pads. I thought even if I don't get the wickets, I would not concede runs since containing was also important at that stage," the Saurashtra player explained.
Jadeja conceded the team was worried when Wayne Parnell and Dale Steyn took South Africa close to a win, needing just 10 runs off the last over sent down by Praveen Kumar.
