Brett Lee warns Ravindra Jadeja over sword-swirl celebration to avoid injury

Published - 17 Aug 2025, 18:45 IST | Updated - 17 Aug 2025, 19:57 IST

Former Australian cricketer Brett Lee has cautioned Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja about his on-field celebration. After scoring a half-century, Jadeja performs his trademark sword-swirl celebration, which looks spectacular, but Lee believes it could potentially strain his rotator cuff muscles.

Jadeja enjoyed an impressive run in the recently concluded Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, scoring five half-centuries. He amassed 516 runs at an average of 86 across the five-match assignment. This was the first time that Jadeja crossed the 500-run mark in a red-ball series, which also made him among the top run-getters in the series. On top of that, he also took seven wickets, and Lee wants the cricketer to do more such things in the future.

“The only way I see him getting injured is doing a rotator cuff, with the way he does the sword celebration. I love it. Look after your body, don’t celebrate too hard. You know, another sort of 15 Tests, it’s about two years. I think he’ll go past the 100 mark. I think he’s one of the best all-rounders that we’ve seen. 36 years of age, he’s still got a good couple of years left in him, Lee said via his YouTube channel.

The term we like to use, factory-made cricketer. He has everything that a cricketer needs, and I think he ticks every single box. He does the basics right, he’s got a simple technique, no fuss. He runs in and bowls accurately, he bowls the correct line and length when needed, and gets through his overs quickly,” he added.

The legendary Australian pacer further expressed that the Saurashtra cricketer has been a phenomenal cricketer over the years only because of the fitness levels he has been able to maintain. The 36-year-old is able to cover a lot of area on the ground while fielding, because of which the team eventually benefits a lot. Lee says that these factors make Jadeja one of the top cricketers around the globe.

“36 years of age, but the fittest. He’s the fittest in the team, he covers a lot of ground, and he prides himself on being the fittest. That is probably the reason why he never shies away from those big moments. He likes to be in the game, he’s an entertainer, and he’s probably one of the factory cricketers that if you put everything into a mix, throw it into a bucket, mix all up, pick out your best cricketer, Jadeja will be at the top of the list,” Lee said further.

Jadeja is next expected to be in action during the upcoming Test series against the West Indies at home. The first match of this two-Test series will be played at the gigantic Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. He will look to extend his good run of form in the red-ball format with yet another impressive all-round performance in this series.