He may not have gotten a wicket, but Jayant Yadav played a pivotal role in his side's come-from-behind win over LSG. And this time, he was in the middle to celebrate it. ©IPL
"Jo Jayanti Lal kar sakta hai, wo shayad koi aur nahi kar sakta."
It's difficult to reproduce the assuredness of this statement by Ashish Nehra on the GT Podcast, roughly translating in English to "nobody can quite match the contributions of Jayant Yadav." But it sounded totally disconnected from reality. Jayant Yadav, really? The 33-year-old allrounder who was picked for 1.70 crore last year but hasn't played for Gujarat Titans yet?
"See, sending Jayant with a message and sending someone who's really new to the team with a message are two different things," the head coach then explained.
The team's performance analyst Sandeep Raju, who was also in attendance on the podcast episode, went on to narrate how Jayant was once sent to deliver Gary Kirsten's message to Rahul Tewatia in the middle of a tight finish but returned to the dressing room without doing so. "He was in the zone," Jayant said about his Haryana teammate. Tewatia would go on to win
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