The last match of the 3-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being played in Mumbai from November 1. Ravindra Jadeja performed brilliantly on the first day and took 5 wickets. While Jaddu achieved the feat of taking the 14th five-wicket haul of his Test career and broke the record of the former Pakistan player. He has also equaled Mitchell Starc.
A big record in the name of Jadeja
Jadeja became a problem for New Zealand's batsmen. After flopping in two consecutive Tests, Jadeja's magic came to the fore in the third Test, when the Kiwi batsmen succumbed to his spin bowling. Jadeja broke the record of former Pakistan player Fazal Mahmood by taking five wickets. Fazal Mahmood has taken five wickets a total of 13 times in his Test career. But now Jadeja has gone ahead of him. He has taken five wickets 14 times so far in his Test career. He has also equaled Mitchell Starc by opening his claws for the 14th time. Starc has taken five wickets 14 times so far in his Test career.
Bowler taking most five wickets in test
Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for taking most five wickets in Tests. He has taken five wickets 67 times. At second place is R Ashwin who has achieved this feat 37 times. The name of former Australian player Shane Warne is at third place. He has also done this 37 times. The name of New Zealand's Sir RJ Headley is at fourth place. He has taken 36 wickets in his Test career, while Anil Kumble is at fifth position with 35 five-wicket hauls. Jadeja has now reached 49th position in the world in terms of taking five wickets.
Jadeja's brilliant feat
Ravindra Jadeja added his name to the list of great players by taking the wicket of Glenn Phillips at Wankhede. Jaddu has now become India's fifth highest wicket taker in Test cricket. In this matter, Jadeja has left Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma behind. Jaddu now has 312 wickets in his name in Test cricket. With this, Zaheer and Ishant have taken 311 wickets in the longest format of cricket.
status of this match
In this match, New Zealand batted first and scored 235 runs. Daryl Mitchell scored the most runs for the Kiwi team. He played an innings of 82 runs in 129 balls. Apart from this, Will Young scored 71 runs on 138 balls. Till the time of writing the news, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal have come to bat for India.
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