Ravindra Jadeja needs 6 wickets to create history against Bangladesh; he will become the first…
KEY POINTS
- India will play Bangladesh in a two-match Test series at home.
- Ravindra Jadeja will play for India for the first time since winning the T20 World Cup.
- He needs 6 wickets to achieve a huge feat.
India is all set to return to cricket action after 45 days when they take on Bangladesh in a two-match Test series, the first game of which will begin on September 19 (Thursday) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The squad for the first match has been revealed and Ravindra Jadeja will be marking his return to Team India for the first time since winning the 2024 T20 World Cup. In this series against Bangladesh, Jadeja will look to achieve a milestone that only three Indian bowlers have managed so far.
Ravindra Jadeja on 6 wickets from 300 Test scalps
Ravindra Jadeja has taken 294 wickets in the 75 Test matches he has played in his career. He needs 6 more wickets in the series against Bangladesh to reach the milestone of 300 Test scalps. Thus, he will become the fourth Indian spinner to achieve this feat. He will become the first left-arm spinner to take 300 wickets for India in the history of Test matches. Overall, he would become the eighth bowler to achieve this feat.
These are the Indian players with the most wickets in Test matches:
Anil Kumble – 619
Ravichandran Ashwin – 516
Kapil Dev – 434
Harbhajan Singh – 417
Zaheer Khan – 311
Ishant Sharma – 311
Ravindra Jadeja – 294
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India squad for first Test against Bangladesh
Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal.
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