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Ravindra Jadeja creates history, joins Ravi Ashwin and Kapil Dev in elite list

Ravindra Jadeja picked the last wicket to fall of Bangladesh's innings as India skittled the visitors for 233 runs in the first innings of the second Test. With this wicket, Jadeja completed 300 wickets in his Test career becoming the seventh Indian bowler to do so in the format.

Edited By: Aditya Kukalyekar @adikukalyekar New Delhi Updated on: September 30, 2024 14:08 IST
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Image Source : AP Ravindra Jadeja

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.

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