Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket in the first innings of Kanpur Test against Bangladesh but this wicket was very special because with this he completed 300 wickets in Test cricket. Ravindra Jadeja took the catch of Khalid Ahmed on his own ball and with this he achieved a feat which has happened for the first time in the history of Indian cricket. Ravindra Jadeja is the first left arm spinner from India to take 300 wickets in Test cricket.

Jadeja's wonder

Before Ravindra Jadeja, the left arm spinner who took the highest number of 266 wickets in Test cricket was Bishan Singh Bedi. But now Jadeja has touched the mark of 300 wickets. Jadeja is also the third left arm spinner in the world to have 300 Test wickets in his name. The left arm spinner who has taken the highest number of 433 Test wickets is Rangana Herath of Sri Lanka. Whereas Daniel Vettori has taken 362 wickets. However, Jadeja is the only left arm spinner in the world who has taken 300 wickets apart from scoring more than 3000 runs in Tests. Talking about Asia, Ravindra Jadeja is the first cricketer to score 3000 runs along with 300 wickets in Tests.

Defeated giants like Imran Khan, Kapil Dev

Ravindra Jadeja overtook legends like Imran Khan and Kapil Dev as soon as he completed 300 wickets. Actually, Jadeja has achieved the feat of taking more than 3000 runs and 300 wickets in the 74th Test itself. Imran Khan had done this in 75 Tests and Kapil Dev had achieved this feat in 83 Tests. Only Ian Botham has achieved the feat of scoring more than 3000 runs and taking more than 300 wickets in 72 Tests faster than Jadeja.

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