Ravindra Jadeja has a chance to create history on Australian soil, only Kapil Dev has been able to make this great record for India.
India vs Australia 1st Test: Indian team India's star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will have a chance to create a unique record in the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth from Friday (22 November). According to Indian time, the match will start at 7.50 am.
If Jadeja takes 5 wickets in this match, he will surpass Zaheer Khan and reach fifth position in the list of players taking the most wickets in international cricket. Jadeja has taken 593 wickets in 406 innings of 348 matches played including all three formats. Whereas Zaheer has 597 wickets in his name in 373 innings of 303 matches.
Apart from this, if he is successful in taking 7 wickets then he will complete 600 wickets for India in international cricket. Only Anil Kumble, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh and Kapil Dev have achieved this position. Once he reaches this figure of wickets, he will become the second player from India and the sixth player in the world, who has taken 6000 or more runs and 600 or more wickets in international cricket. Jadeja has scored 6506 runs in 286 innings of 348 matches including all three formats. Till now only Kapil Dev, Wasim Akram, Shakib Al Hasan, Shaun Pollock, Daniel Vettori have been able to do this.
Jadeja's record against Australia has been excellent. He has taken 89 wickets in 32 innings of 17 Tests and scored 570 runs in batting.
Indian team for test series against Australia
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
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