Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja eyes these records in Test cricket
Senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will resume his duties in the longest format as India take on Bangladesh in the two-Test series at home, starting September 19. Jadeja will be crucial to India's spin attack, which also includes R Ashwin, Axar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav. The star spinner is on the brink of completing 300 wickets in Tests. He eyes these records in the format.
Jadeja eyes 300-wicket mark
Jadeja, India's wicket-taker across formats, has 294 scalps from 72 Tests at an average of 24.13 as of now. The left-arm spinner is set to become the seventh Indian with 300 wickets in Test cricket. He is behind Anil Kumble (619), Ashwin (516), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (417), Ishant Sharma (311), and Zaheer Khan (311) in terms of wickets among Indians.
Jadeja closing on this double
By completing 300 Test wickets, Jadeja will enter an elite club of Indian all-rounders. He would become only the third Indian with the double of 300 wickets and 3,000 runs in Test cricket. Only Dev (5,248 runs) and Ashwin (3,309 runs) have attained this feat for India. Jadeja has 3,036 runs at an average of 36.14 in Test cricket so far.
Jadeja could surpass Kapil Dev
Jadeja currently has the fifth-most wickets for India in home Tests. He owns 213 scalps at 20.86 in this regard. He is likely to surpass fourth-placed Dev (219) in terms of Test wickets at home.
