Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan has attributed India's loss in the second ODI against South Africa to Ravindra Jadeja. Pathan pointed out that Jadeja's lack of aggression during his innings of 24 runs off 27 balls was detrimental to the team, as they fell short of what could have been a score nearing 370, finishing at 358-5 instead. At one stage, India was positioned at 289-4 in the 40th over following Virat Kohli's dismissal, with expectations for teams to accumulate 80-90 runs in the final 10 overs. However, India's innings lacked the necessary momentum and concluded with a mediocre total.

“There was one issue for me. Ravindra Jadeja’s innings, which was 27 balls for 24 not out, felt extremely slow. During commentary we were saying that this could hurt India, and in the end that be

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