As Ravindra Jadeja brought up his second Test century, the on-air commentary made a mention of the 'Rockstar' nickname given to him by legendary leg-spin great Shane Warne during the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008. It was quite ironic that a day after Warne`s sudden demise at the age of 52, Jadeja raced to his century, eventually ending up unbeaten at a career-best 175.

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Everything about Jadeja`s mammoth knock had the feel of a Rockstar. The ease with which he reached his fifty, solid defence mixed with lovely shots travelling off his bat to the boundary rope, his involvement in three 100-plus stand with Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami, Jadeja`s knock reiterated his rockstar abilities Warne had said in 2008.


Here's how Twitter reacted to Jadeja hitting a hundred and giving a tribute to Shane Warne:







In 2017, Jadeja, quoted as saying in Sportstar, had spoken about his brush with Warne and the `rockstar` term coined for him in 2008. "Then I didn`t know what rockstar meant. When I met Shane Warne for the first time, I didn`t know he was such a great bowler in Test cricket. He used to call me `rockstar`, and I used to wonder that I don`t sing songs, nor do I do anything... then why he`s calling me rockstar? "I just asked one of my friends why he is calling me `rockstar`. He said that was probably because I put too much zinc on my face. Well, all I can say is I kept working hard on my game and kept improving my skills, whether it was bowling or batting.`" Though it took time for Jadeja to prove Warne right on the rockstar front and eventually did it on a fine Saturday morning against Sri Lanka, cricket`s biggest showman must be one pleased soul in the heaven on being proved right. With IANS inputs