'Useless spinners': Jadeja, Kuldeep blamed as Mitchell's century helps New Zealand level series – Firstpost

'Useless spinners': Jadeja, Kuldeep blamed as Mitchell's century helps New Zealand level series – Firstpost

Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav were heavily targetted on social media after their poor performances in India’s seven-wicket failure in the second ODI against New Zealand at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Wednesday, January 14.

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Jadeja failed to pick up a wicket in his eight overs while Kuldeep leaked 82 runs in his 10 overs and took only one wicket. As Indian bowlers looked ineffective, New Zealand coasted to a seven-wicket victory riding on a fine unbeaten century from Daryl Mitchell who hit the winning boundary and finished with 131. Will Young too scored a fine 87 as New Zealand chased down the target of 285 in 47.3 overs.

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Kuldeep Yadav knocking doors of Dinda Academy. Going with almost 8 per over 🫡 pic.twitter.com/mxFJQlnfid

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Jadeja is a proper liability in Odi format!
Seems to be playing bcoz of backing from BJP top leadership.

Also Kuldeep Yadav may end up losing his spot to Varun Chakravarthy in playing XI if he is not taking wickets regularly and leaking runs in Odi's.

— Mathematically Physicist (@mathemerizing19) January 14, 2026

India lost the match because of our poor bowling in middle order.
Kuldeep and jadeja are useless spinners 🤡#INDvsNZ

— Ucey (@KrishBhaiMDB) January 14, 2026STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD

People always troll KL rahul for the 2023 World Cup final and blame him for the setback, but Jadeja and Kuldeep were also major reasons for the defeat.

Both of them bowled THEIR FULL 20 OVERS, yet failed to take even a SINGLE WICKET and still, no one talks about that. pic.twitter.com/TuQTPfcap6

— Virat (@chiku_190) January 14, 2026TagsCricket Cricket Live score India vs New ZealandHomeFirst Cricket'Useless spinners': Jadeja, Kuldeep blamed as Mitchell's century helps New Zealand level seriesEnd of Article

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