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India are currently taking on Bangladesh in the final Test of the two-match series at the Green Park International Stadium in Kanpur. They are coming to the Test match with momentum on their side, having defeated the visitors by a mammoth margin of 280 runs in the first Test at Chennai. One of the stars of the show during that win was Ravindra Jadeja who scored a half-century in the first innings and picked 5 wickets combined.
Jadeja thus became the first player in 147 years to achieve a massive feat.
Ravindra Jadeja First Player In The World To Achieve Massive Feat
Ravindra Jadeja currently has 2003 runs with the bat in winning causes in Test matches. In addition to this, he also picked up 218 wickets in winning causes. He has now become the first player in the history of Test matches to pick up 200+ wickets and score 2000+ runs in winning causes in Test matches.
The next in line to enter this elite list is another Indian in the form of Ravichandran Ashwin who has 1943 runs and 369 wickets in winning causes. He needs to score 57 more runs to enter this elite list. In fact, he will become the first player with 2000+ runs and 300+ wickets in winning causes.
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Ravindra Jadeja Needs One Wicket To Create History
Ravindra Jadeja currently has 299 wickets in his illustrious Test career. If he picks up one wicket in the second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur, he will enter the list of elite Indian bowlers to take 300 wickets in the longest format of the game. If he doest his, then he would become India's first left-arm spinner to take 300 Test wickets.
Ravindra Jadeja's Heroics In First Test
When India were 6 wickets down for 144 in the first innings of the first Test, it wa Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin who brought the innings back on track with a 199-run stand. While Ashwin went on to score a century in, Jadeja slammed 86. He also picked up two wickets in the second innings and three wickets in the third innings.