Ravindra Jadeja celebrates his century during the second day of the first cricket test match between India and West Indies in Rajkot.
Ravindra Jadeja ended a long wait for a maiden Test ton as India declared after putting up a mammoth 649 for nine at tea on day two of the series opener here.
Jadeja struck an unbeaten 100 off 132 off balls as India extended their domination with the bat against a struggling West Indies.
The whirlwind effort in front of his home crowd came after skipper Virat Kohli (139 off 230) completed his 24th Test hundred in the morning.
Jadeja had to wait till his 38th Test to reach three figures, having made his debut back in December 2012. Batting alongside with No. 11 Mohammad Shami, he experienced the nervous 90s before finally getting to the milestone in final over before tea.
It has been a good last 30 days for the southpaw, who scored a gritty 86 in the final Test in England before making an impressive ODI comeback with the Asia Cup in Dubai.
Jadeja enthralled the sparse crowd at SCA stadium with aerial hits which came mainly off the spinners. He ended up with five boundaries and as many sixes.
