Jadeja, the inheritor of Kumble's mantle

THERE ARE SOME balls that you neither remember for your lifetime, nor forget too soon. They are like the passing scenery en route the winding hairpin bends to the summit of a hill-station.

- SANDIP G

Ravindra Jadeja's ball that nipped out Temba Bavuma-the first of his maiden five-wicket haul in the World Cup was one such short-lived delight. You would probably forget the ball by the time the World Cup ends, but it would still inhabit the cobwebs of your subconscious, waiting to be dusted up any time.

You would not surf the web specifically for the footage, but when you do stumble on it, you would not close the tab either. Memories would gush forth: India versus South Africa, Eden Gardens, Virat Kohli's 49th ODI hundred, Jadeja's five-for.

The ball was splendid, without being spectacular. It drifted in, flattish than flighted, faster than slow, nonetheless foxed Bavuma in the air and spat past his confounded outside edge to hit middle and oft. Even the turn was not outrageous, as when Keshav Maharaj deceived Shubman Gill. The television analysts would show that Jadeja's turned around four degrees, Maharaj's was eight. The result though was the same. Both batsmen were bowled.