Ravindra Jadeja has completed 300 wickets in his Test career dismissing Khaled Ahmed of Bangladesh in the ongoing second Test at Green Park stadium in Kanpur. With this wicket, Jadeja became the third Indian player to complete a unique double of 300 wickets and 3000 runs in Test cricket joining Ravichandran Ashwin and Kapil Dev in the elite list.
Most wickets for India in Tests
| Players |
Wickets |
| Anil Kumble |
619 |
| Ravi Ashwin |
524 |
| Kapil Dev |
434 |
| Harbhajan Singh |
417 |
| Ishant Sharma |
311 |
| Zaheer Khan |
311 |
| Ravindra Jadeja |
300 |
Moreover, in the overall list, Jadeja is the second fastest to do so behind Ian Botham who completed the double in 72 Test matches. Jadeja, meanwhile, did it in his 74th Test. The southpaw is the 11th player in Test history to achieve this historic double with legendary Shane Warne and Richard Hadlee also among the list. Jadeja was just one wicket coming into this Test and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma gave him an opportunity to reach the milestone by introducing him into the attack after Bangladesh lost nine wickets.
Indian players to score 3000+ runs and pick 300+ wickets in Tests
| Players |
Runs |
Wickets |
| Ravi Ashwin |
3422 |
524 |
| Kapil Dev |
5248 |
434 |
| Ravindra Jadeja |
3122 |
300 |
As far as the Test match is concerned, India skittled Bangladesh for 233 runs in their first innings picking up seven wickets on the fourth day for just 128 runs. Jasprit Bumrah was the wrecker-in-chief picking up three wickets taking his tally to 50 wickets in 2024 across formats while Mohammed Siraj, Ravi Ashwin and Akash Deep accounted for two wickets each.
In response, Indian batters have come out all guns blazing to record the fastest team fifty in the history of Test cricket. The opening duo of Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal took India's score past 50 in just three overs with the latter smashing his fifty in just 31 balls.
