Ravindra Jadeja enters record books with 300 Test wickets and a historic double

India National Cricket Team all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja achieved a massive feat in Test cricket for the team. The left-arm spinner became the seventh player from the nation to pick 300 wickets in the longest format of the game, joining the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin, Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev, Harbhajan Singh, and others.

Ravindra Jadeja achieved the feat in the ongoing second Test against the Bangladesh National Cricket Team. The last match of the two-match Test series between the teams is taking place at Green Park in Kanpur.

Ravindra Jadeja completed 300 wickets when he removed Bangladesh bowler Khaled Ahmed in his 10th over of the first innings. The all-rounder removed the batter through a caught and bowl dismissal and also ensured that he ended the innings of the opposition in the second session of Day 4.

Jadeja has been an incredible servant for the India National Cricket Team for the last decade. The all-rounder has been one of the biggest reasons for the dominance of the team in the longest format, both at home as well as in overseas conditions both with bat and ball.

Ravindra Jadeja also became the first left-arm-spinner from India to achieve the feat. The all-rounder achieved the feat in his 74th Test match and he did that at an average of 23.98 and a strike rate of 58.10. The southpaw also has 3122 Test runs at 36.72 with four hundred and 21 half-centuries.

Jadeja also became the fourth fastest Indian to 300 wickets in the longest format of the game. He is behind Ravichandran Ashwin (54 matches), Anil Kumble (66 matches ) and Harbhajan Singh (72 matches). Overall, he became the 38th bowler in the history of the longest format to go past the landmark,

Ravindra Jadeja completes double of 3000 runs and 300 wickets in Test cricket, becomes second fastest to achieve the feat

Not only this, Ravindra Jadeja also entered the elite list of all-rounders who have double of 3000 runs and 300 wickets. He became the second fastest behind legendary Ian Botham, who got there in 72 Tests, and the fastest Asian to achieve the elite feat. He is far ahead of Kapil Dev (88) and Ravichandran Ashwin (88) on the list.

Jadeja also becomes the first player in the history of Test matches to pick up 200+ wickets and score 2000+ runs in winning causes in Test matches. With the way he is going, the all-rounder is expected to shatter many more records for the India National Cricket Team with both bat as well as ball.