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Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja has joined an exclusive club by becoming the third Indian to achieve the double of 300 wickets and 3,000 runs in Test cricket.
He follows in the footsteps of Kapil Dev and Ravichandran Ashwin, marking his place as the seventh highest wicket-taker among Indians in the longest format of the game.
With over 3,122 runs and 300 wickets, Jadeja's all-rounder prowess continues to shine in the cricketing world.

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Jadeja has recorded the double of 300 wickets and 3,000 runs in Test cricket

Ravindra Jadeja attains this double with 300th Test wicket

By Parth Dhall

Sep 30, 2024

01:12 pm

What's the story

Senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has become the seventh Indian with 300 wickets in Test cricket. He unlocked this achievement on Day 4 of the 2nd Test against Bangladesh at Kanpur's Green Park Stadium. Jadeja dismissed last man Khaled Ahmed as Bangladesh were folded for 233. Notably, Jadeja is also the third Indian with the double of 300 wickets and 3,000 runs in Test cricket.

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Seventh Indian with this feat

Jadeja, India's wicket-taker across formats, has finally touched the 300-wicket mark in the longest format. He is the seventh Indian to do so. The left-arm spinner is only behind Anil Kumble (619), Ravichandran Ashwin (522*), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (417), Ishant Sharma (311), and Zaheer Khan (311) in terms of wickets among Indians.

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Third Indian with this record

By completing 300 Test wickets, Jadeja has entered an elite club of Indian all-rounders. He has become only the third Indian with the double of 300 wickets and 3,000 runs in Test cricket. Only Kapil Dev (5,248 runs) and Ashwin (3,422 runs) have attained this feat for India. Jadeja has 3,122 runs at an average of over 36 in Test cricket so far.