India, July 16 -- For the second time in England, Ravindra Jadeja found himself waging a lone battle. While all the rage was about England, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and how exactly six years after winning the 2019 World Cup, they pulled a rabbit out of the hat again, what many forgot that six years ago, Jadeja too had found himself in a similar position, shepherding India's chase of 240 against New Zealand in the semi-final at Manchester with MS Dhoni. Unfortunately for India, both times, Jadeja found himself short, and this time through no fault of his own.

He had batted brilliantly with the lower order, perhaps the best since VVS Laxman. At 112/8, when it seemed it was only a matter of time before the Indian innings and the game were d...