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Father’s Death Changed Jason Gillespie, Hates Even the Ball, ‘Kaal’ Was made for India in Nagpur

Sudev Haldar
2 years ago

Team India would like to start with a win in the Test series against Australia. The 4-match Test series between India and Australia (IND vs AUS) is starting from 9 February. The first match is to be played in Nagpur. In Nagpur, the Australian team has given a lot of pain to the Indian team in 2004.

In the third Test played in Nagpur in October 2004, Australia defeated India by 342 runs. Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie took 9 wickets in the match and contributed significantly to the victory. On the other hand, Indian fast bowlers could take only 7 wickets in the entire match. Australia then captured the series 2–1.

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First Test Match is to be Played at the Second Venue of Nagpur

The current series is going to start from Nagpur itself. Although the first Test match is to be played at the second venue of Nagpur. Team India has defeated Australia here. Talking about 47-year-old Jason Gillespie, initially he used to eat both veg and non-veg. But in 2013 the father died of a heart attack. After this Gillespie became vegan.

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In Jason Gillespie’s International Record, he took 259 Wickets in 71 Tests. 7 Wickets for 37 Runs was his Best Performance

If we look at the international record of fast bowler Jason Gillespie, he took 259 wickets in 71 Tests. His best performance was 7 wickets for 37 runs. He took 5 wickets 8 times. Apart from this, this player took 142 wickets in 97 ODIs while one wicket in one T20. He has also scored a double century in Test cricket.

After retiring from cricket, he chose a coaching career. Apart from Zimbabwe, he was the coach till Papua New Guinea. Talking about the T20 league, he was with the IPL team Pune Warriors and the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League. He has also coached county teams Yorkshire and Sussex.