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IND vs ENG: After Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja Also Completed 500 First Class Wickets
Published - 17-FEB-2024 13:37 IST | Updated - 14-APR-2024 5:53 IST

Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has also managed to complete 500 first-class wickets. Jadeja is playing the 125th first-class match of his career. On Friday, Ashwin completed 500 wickets in his Test career.
Ravichandran Ashwin completed 500 wickets on Friday in the third Test match between India and England. After this, on the third day, Ravindra Jadeja completed 500 first-class wickets. Jadeja is playing the 125th first-class match of his career. He made this record in his name by dismissing captain Ben Stokes.
Jadeja Completed 500 First Class Wickets
On the second day of the ongoing Test match against England, Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 500 Test wickets in his name by dismissing Jack Crawley. With this, he became the second Indian bowler after Anil Kumble to take the most Test wickets. At the same time, now-star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has also succeeded in completing 500 first-class wickets. In this match being played in Rajkot, Jadeja scored a brilliant century in the first innings for India. Targeting the England bowlers, he scored an inning of 112 runs in 225 balls. During this, nine fours and two sixes came off his bat. Jadeja scored the fourth century of his Test career in the 70th match. With this, Jadeja completed 7000 runs in first class.
Jadeja Achieved 200 Wickets On Home Ground
The star spinner has also achieved the feat of completing 200 wickets on home ground. He has become the fifth Indian bowler to do so. Apart from Jadeja, Anil Kumble took 350 wickets at home, Ashwin took 340, Harbhajan Singh took 265 and Kapil Dev took 219 wickets.
Jaiswal's Bat Thundered On The Third Day
In this ongoing match between India and England, Team India scored 445 runs in the first innings. Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja played century innings for India. Meanwhile, Sarfaraz Khan played a half-century inning in the debut test. In response, the England team could score 319 runs. Ben Duckett played a brilliant inning of 153 runs. With this, India got a lead of 126 runs. At present, the second innings of the Indian team has started. Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored a brilliant century. At the same time, Gill has scored a half-century.
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