Sri Lanka vs India 2nd Test: The second and last Test match between India and Sri Lanka is being played in Colombo, where Team India once again won the toss and decided to bat first. A change was also seen in the playing eleven of the Indian team in this match, in the second test, Saransh Jain got a chance in the playing eleven in place of Kuldeep Yadav.
Saransh got his debut cap from the hands of Ravindra Jadeja. In this match, a special achievement has been registered in the name of Jadeja, which till date, from Sachin Tendulkar to Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have not been able to do, Jadeja has done that feat.
What achievement did Jadeja achieve?
Indian cricket team’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has made another big achievement in the history of the World Test Championship (WTC). As soon as he entered the second Test match against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo, Jadeja became the first Indian and first Asian cricketer to play 50 WTC matches.
This entire week has been full of records and achievements for Jadeja. Apart from touching the figure of 50 WTC matches, he recently completed 350 wickets in Test cricket and has also made a place in the club of select players in the world who have scored more than 4,000 Test runs and taken more than 350 wickets.
Players who have played most WTC matches for India
1. Ravindra Jadeja- 50
2. Mohammad Siraj- 47
3. Virat Kohli- 46
4. Jasprit Bumrah- 42
5. Rishabh Pant- 42
6. Shubhman Gill- 42
Which records did Jadeja make?
Ravindra Jadeja recently completed 350 wickets in Test cricket. With this, he became the fifth bowler for India to reach this figure in Test cricket. Apart from this, he has become only the fourth player in the world to score more than 4,000 runs and take more than 350 wickets in Test cricket. Earlier this feat has been done by India’s Kapil Dev, England’s Ian Botham and New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori.
Ravindra Jadeja has another big record for India in WTC history. He is the batsman who has played the most innings of 50 or more runs for India in the WTC. Jadeja has scored 50 or more 23 times so far in WTC history. This figure shows how important a role he has played for the team with the ball as well as the bat during the Test Championship.
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