India, July 19 -- Legendary Australia cricketer Greg Chappell agreed that Ravindra Jadeja did a good job in soaking up the pressure while batting on Day 5 of the third Test against England, but added that he should have been more aggressive while batting with the tail. This has been a fairly common criticism of an otherwise brilliant rearguard action from Jadeja. But where Chappell's views differentiate is the fact that the former Australia captain put equal responsibility for Jadeja's batting approach on captain Shubman Gill.

Chappell said Jaej shielded Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj pretty well but he also had to look for boundaries if he wanted India to win the match. A Single every over from Jadeja's bat was never going to be enou...