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Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja's hopes of getting some serious game time went down the drain as the third unofficial Test between India A and New Zealand A ended in a draw after the fourth and final day of the match was washed out here on Tuesday. The third day of the match was also washed out on Monday. The overall honours were shared by both teams as all three games ended in draws. India A had scored 464 for 5, riding on Yashasvi Jaiswal's second hundred of the series and half-centuries from Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel, Tilak Verma and Washington Sundar. New Zealand A had ended the second day's play at 36 for no loss. The third game was crucial from an Indian perspective as Bumrah and Jadeja were expected to get some game time after coming back from a break. Bumrah had last played on October 3 during the Asian Games final against Pakistan in Japan's Aichi-Nagoya. He was rested from the white ball leg of the New Zealand tour to keep him fresh for the two-match series starting
Star India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Tuesday said that moving up to number six in the line-up has helped him think "more as a proper batter", crediting head coach Gautam Gambhir for the change that he feels has brought the best out of him. Jadeja was adjudged player of the series for his all-round performance in the two-Test rubber against the West Indies that India swept with a seven-wicket triumph in the second game here on Tuesday. The 36-year-old picked up eight wickets and struck a 104-run knock in the opening game in Ahmedabad. "I think we know what brand of cricket we've been playing over the last five, six months. So, that's a good sign as a team, that we continue to do it over a long period of time," Jadeja said in the post-match presentation ceremony. "As Gauti bhai (Gambhir) said, I am at number six now. So I am thinking more as a proper batsman, and that works for me. In the past, for many years, I've been batting at number eight, number nine, so my mindset was a .