Just 48 hours ago, Ravindra Jadeja was grinding away in domestic cricket, being out of favour with Team India in white-ball cricket for over a year. There seemed little chance of his making a comeback with three spinners already in Dubai for the Asia Cup. But, as they say, it-s never over till it-s finally over.

Call it fate or whatever, one of the spinners - Axar Patel - got injured while fielding and was ruled out of the Asia Cup. That opened the door for Jadeja and he was transported from the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Delhi to Dubai in a matter of hours. And by the next afternoon he was back to what he likes doing best - grabbing wickets for India.