Jadeja is exceptional, we're happy he played just last Test: Farbrace

India's Ravindra Jadeja is an exceptional cricketer and England are happy that he featured only in the fifth and final Test, said the home team's assistant coach Paul Farbrace.

Coming into bat at number 8, Jadeja scored his ninth Test half-century to rescue India from 160-6 to 292 in the first innings.

"It was very frustrating. There was a chance dropped before that last partnership got going but to be fair to Jadeja, he played magnificently well," Farbrace said on Sunday.

"I think he's an exceptional cricketer, a dangerous cricketer - with bat, ball and in the field - and I think we would probably be reasonably happy that he's only just played in that last game."
"I'd imagine the reception he got when he went out to bat probably moved him it moved everybody else in our dressing-room, the fantastic support he's had. He just seems to cope with everything that's in front of him."