Indian team’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is reaching new heights day by day in Test cricket. He has made a big record in his name in the ongoing two-match Test series against Bangladesh. He has become the first player in the history of Test cricket to do so.
Jadeja created history
In the first test match played in Chennai, India defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs. During this, Jadeja had taken two wickets in the first innings and three wickets in the second innings. Now a record has been registered in his name which no one could do in the history of 147 years. The Indian legend became the first player to score more than 2000 runs and take more than 200 wickets in a Test match win. After Jadeja, Ashwin can also achieve this feat. He scored 1943 runs and took 369 wickets to win in Test cricket.
Jadeja eyes big record in Kanpur
The 35-year-old all-rounder will be eyeing a big record in the Kanpur Test. As soon as he takes one wicket, he will complete 300 wickets in Test cricket. With this he will become the seventh bowler to do so after Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ishant Sharma.
Jadeja will become the third Indian player to do so
The 35-year-old all-rounder is eyeing another record. By taking one wicket in the upcoming match, he will not only register 300 Test wickets in his name, apart from this he will become the 11th player to complete 300 wickets and 3000 runs in this format. At the same time, he will be the third player from India to do so. Before Jadeja, former Indian team captain Kapil Dev (434 wickets and 5248 runs) and veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (522 wickets and 3422 runs) have achieved this feat.
Haven’t got a chance yet in Kanpur
Jadeja, who was a part of India’s T20 World Cup winning team, has not yet got a chance to bowl in the Kanpur Test. India won the toss of this match and invited Bangladesh to bat. In the first day’s play which was affected by rain, the captain gave a chance to Bumrah, Siraj, Ashwin and Akash Deep to bowl. However, Jadeja has not bowled a single over so far. Due to rain in Kanpur, the second day’s play was abandoned without a single ball being bowled. At present the score of the visitors is 107/3. At the same time, Mominul Haq (40*) and Mushfiqur Rahim (6*) are standing at the crease.