RCB bring in Jadhav as injury replacement for Willey

“I took a break for a year but I realised I was missing my passion. When I came back to play first-class cricket, I found it very easy,” Jadhav said of a successful 2022-23 domestic season, where he scored 555 runs in six innings at an average of 92.50 for Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy. “All the experience helped. The hunger was there which was in the early 20s. The hunger to score big runs was there and I felt I can come back and play at all levels and I’ve prepared for it, I’ve always performed well.”Most recently, Jadhav was part of the Marathi-language commentary team for the IPL.Overall, Jadhav has played 93 IPL games, scoring 1196 runs at a strike rate of 123.17. A part-time offspinner with a low, slingy action, Jadhav has 27 ODI wickets (from his 73 appearances in the format for India) and four in T20s, but has never bowled in the IPL. He is also an occasional wicketkeeper, and did perform keeping duties for RCB during his two years with the team.RCB, who play their ninth match on Monday evening away against Lucknow Super Giants, are currently placed sixth on the ten-team IPL table with four wins and four losses.RCB have suffered a number of injuries this year, with Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar and Reece Topley all previously ruled out of IPL 2023. Josh Hazlewood was not available for the first eight games of their season, but is expected to return to the side against LSG on Monday.