Ravindra Jadeja broke the record of great Zaheer Khan in just 77 matches, also equaled Bishan Singh Bedi.
Most Test Wickets For India: Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja created history with his brilliant bowling in the first innings of the third and last Test against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Jadeja took 5 wickets for 65 runs in 22 overs and Will Young, Tom Blundell, Glenn Phillips. Ish Sodhi and made Matt Henry his victim. With this he made some special records in his name.
Left Zaheer Khan-Ishant Sharma behind
Jadeja has reached fifth place in the list of players taking the most wickets in Test cricket for India, surpassing Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma. Jadeja now has 314 wickets in 145 innings of 77 Tests. Whereas Zaheer has 311 wickets in his name in 165 innings of 92 Tests and Ishant has 311 wickets in his name in 188 innings of 105 Tests.
For India, Anil Kumble, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kapil Dev and Harbhajan Singh are now ahead of him in terms of wickets in this format.
equaled Bishan Singh Bedi
As a spinner for India, Jadeja has come jointly at fifth position in terms of taking 5 or more wickets in the most number of innings. For the 14th time, he has equaled the great spinner Bishan Singh Bedi by taking five wickets in the innings. Ravichandran Ashwin is at number one with 37 times. Anil Kumble has taken five or more wickets in an innings for India 35 times, Harbhajan Singh 25 times and B Chandrasekhar 16 times in Tests.
Washington Sundar took 4 wickets for Jadeja in the first innings for India, due to which the New Zealand team was all out for 235 runs after winning the toss and electing to bat first.
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