Jaydev Unadkat shares pictures of signed shirts after 12-year-long test return

The
left-arm
pacer
last
played
for
India
in
2010,
when
he
featured
in
a
test
against
South
Africa
in
Centurion.

And
his
next
match
for
India
came
in
Dhaka
in
the
2nd
test
between
India
and
Bangladesh.

India
won
the
match
by
three
wickets
and
Unadkat
made
a
bigger
contribution
compared
to
the
one
he
did
in
his
debut
match
twelve
years
ago.

After
the
match,
the
India
pacer
shared
a
collage
picture
of
two
of
the
shirts
on
social
media
that
he
wore
in
the
two
tests
that
he
played.
Both
shirts
were
signed
by
the
members
and
coach
of
the
Indian
team
who
were
a
part
of
the
team
at
the
time.

And
among
the
signees
of
the
shirts,
there
are
only
three
common
names
who
survived
his
first
test.
Umesh
Yadav
and
Cheteshwar
Pujara
were
the
only
players
who
were
a
part
of
the
Indian
team
when
Unadkat
made
his
debut
against
the
Proteas.
Another
member
who
survived
was
Rahul
Dravid,
but
his
signature
in
2010
was
as
a
fellow
teammate,
whereas
he
signed
this
time
as
the
coach
of
the
Indian
team.

His
2010
shirt
had
some
iconic
signatures
on
it
as
Sachin
Tendulkar,
MS
Dhoni,
Virender
Sehwag,
VVS
Laxman
and
others
were
still
in
their
playing
days
at
that
time.
Gary
Kirsten
was
the
then-Indian
coach
while
players
like
Pragyan
Ojha,
Murali
Vijay
were
also
a
part
of
the
Indian
test
team.

To
the
journey
of
all
those
years
in
between..
????

#267#TeamIndia
pic.twitter.com/XJZPvN9Qey

—
Jaydev
Unadkat
(@JUnadkat)

December
27,
2022

Jaydev
Unadkat
Debut
Performance:

Unadkat
didn’t
have
the
best
of
outings
in
his
debut
match
against
South
Africa.
The
Saurashtra
pacer
bowled
26
overs
but
couldn’t
pick
up
a
wicket
and
to
make
matter
worse,
India
fell
to
an
innings
defeat.

Jaydev
Unadkat
Second
Test
Performance:

His
contribution
in
his
second
test
was
much
bigger.
Unadkat
picked
up
3
wickets
in
the
match
and
scored
27
runs
with
the
bat
across
two
innings.
His
valuable
13
runs
in
the
second
innings
with
the
willow
helped
India
to
chase
down
a
tricky
score
against
the
host
Bangladesh
as
India
won
the
match
and
swooped
the
series
clean
with
a
2-0
margin.