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Pujara says Jadeja’s ODI career over, Nayar calls him insurance
The Story in Brief
Cheteshwar Pujara has predicted Ravindra Jadeja's ODI career may be over after the 37-year-old was left out of India's squad for the five-match series against New Zealand starting on 4 November. Axar Patel is the team's first-choice left-arm spinning all-rounder as the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia draws near.
‘If you want to keep Ravindra Jadeja in ODI cricket, then he should have been selected,’ Pujara told JioStar, adding that the team management may have told Jadeja he is now only in Test plans. Former India batting coach Abhishek Nayar, however, called Jadeja an ‘insurance policy’ who would be the first replacement if Axar is unavailable before the World Cup.
Indian Opinion Analysis
All three outlets report the same exchange between Pujara and Nayar, with near-identical quotes. Crictracker.com frames the story around Nayar's insurance-policy remark and devotes more space to explaining the selection logic, while Times Now and Times of India lead with Pujara's more definitive prediction that Jadeja's ODI career is over. The uniformity of the quotes suggests a shared wire or event source, the editorial choice is simply which former player's view gets top billing. On the core point, that Jadeja is out of the NZ series and Axar is the first-choice, there is no disagreement. The only open question both sides concede is whether an injury to Axar before the 2027 World Cup could bring Jadeja back.
Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral
Sources (3): timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report), timesnownews.com (neutral report), crictracker.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
Update, 31 October 2026: this story now draws on 3 sources.
