Ravindra Jadeja Creates History, Becomes 1st Cricketer In The World To...

Jadeja, who tops the ICC Test all-rounder's ranking, is the first cricketer in the world to score 1500 runs and take 150 wickets in the World Test Championship.

Ravindra Jadeja was on fire for India with the ball in the second innings of the ongoing first Test against South Africa at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The 36-year-old all-rounder bowled 13 overs for the Indian team on Day 2 and picked up four wickets for 29 runs. His fourth wicket of the second innings, which came in the form of Tristan Stubbs on Saturday (November 15), helped him take his tally of wickets to 150 in the World Test Championship (WTC).

By completing 150 wickets in the WTC, Jadeja entered his name in the history books. He is the first and only cricketer in the world to dismiss 150 batters and score 1500 runs in the World Test Championship (WTC).

The ongoing India-South Africa Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata is Jadeja’s 47th WTC match for the Indian team, and he has 150 wickets and 2532 runs to his credit.

Ravindra Jadeja’s record in World Test Championship

A total of four players – Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pat Cummins and Mark Wood – have scored 1000 runs and dismissed 100 batters in WTC.

Ashwin finished his Test career last year in December by taking 195 wickets and scoring 1142 runs in WTC. Cummins has 215 wickets and 1020 runs to his name in 51 WTC matches, whereas Woakes retired after scoring 1009 runs in 34 WTC matches and taking 110 wickets.

Jadeja is the third Indian bowler after Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah to take 150 wickets in the WTC. Only seven cricketers so far have managed to dismiss at least 150 batters in the World Test Championship, which kicked off in July 2019.

List of bowlers to take 150 or more wickets in WTC

The wicket of Stubbs by Jadeja was not just his 150th wicket in WTC but also his 250th Test wicket in India. He is only the fourth Indian after Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Ashwin to take at least 250 Test wickets in India.

Earlier during India’s first innings, Jadeja scored 27 runs from 45 balls, and during his 27-run knock, he also completed 4000 runs in Test cricket. Jadeja is the second Indian and overall fourth cricketer in the world to score 4000 runs and take 300 wickets in WTC.

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