India suffered a huge setback in the five-match series against England as they were defeated by a margin of 23 runs in the third game at Lord's, in what was a heartbreaking loss. India suffered a major batting collapse chasing a small total of 193 in the top order. However, the lower order fought pretty bravely. Ravindra Jadeja especially held the fort at one end as he remained not out on 61 from 181 balls, and somehow reached the finishing line with the tailenders, before Mohammed Siraj was unfortunately bowled out, 23 runs short. Despite his heroic effort, former Pakistan batter Basit Ali has criticized Jadeja.

In the YouTube channel The Game Plan, Basit Ali said that Jadeja should have gone on the attack and went for boundaries instead of playing defensive shots. He also quoted the great Javed Miandad who once said that when a batter is batting with the tail, he should go for boundaries in the last two balls of an over. Ali said that Jadeja should have listened to this advice.

"Were the fielders outside the circle? If yes, then there isn’t much he could have done. However, Javed Miandad once said that when you are batting with the tail and the field comes in, go for boundaries in the last two balls of the over. Bumrah and Siraj were doing a good job, and he was farming strike and trusting them enough to make them face 2-3 balls every over. So if he was confident of them hanging around, he should have gone after boundaries. He should have listened to Miandad,” he said.

"Yeh Jadeja ka pehla Test match tha kya? (Was this Jadeja’s first Test match?) If not, then he should have done better. With that amount of experience, he should have gone for boundaries in the last two balls of each over," he added.

Speaking on the same show, former Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal said that Ravindra Jadeja should have taken more chances when Shoaib Bashir or Joe Root were bowling.

“Jadeja could have taken a few more chances. When Shoaib Bashir or Joe Root was bowling, he just left it. They were flighting the ball, but Jadeja did not charge. He should have struck a few sixes down the ground, at least. Slog sweeps went missing too. Had he shown a little more courage, he could have taken India to a win. When Ben Stokes had won that game against Australia at the Ashes, I felt he was about to do the same,”