Jadeja second Indian to take 500 wickets and score 5,000 runs in international cricket

Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Wednesday became the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to take 500 wickets and score 5000 runs in international cricket. The 34-year-old all-rounder achieved the feat by dismissing opener Travis Head lbw during the third Test match being played here between India and Australia. This was his 260th wicket in Test cricket, taking his tally to 500 wickets in all three formats of international cricket.

Left-arm spinner Jadeja has taken 189 wickets in 171 ODIs and 51 wickets in 64 T20 Internationals. Jadeja is also a useful batsman. He has scored 2619 runs in Test matches at an average of 36.88 including three centuries. He has 2447 runs in ODIs and 457 runs in T20 Internationals. India’s 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev was the first player from the country to achieve this feat.

He took 434 wickets in 131 Tests and 253 wickets in 225 ODIs, taking his total to 687 wickets in international cricket. Apart from this, Kapil scored 5248 runs in Test matches and 3783 runs in ODIs. Apart from Kapil and Jadeja, other players in world cricket who have achieved this distinction include Jacques Kallis (25,534 runs and 577 wickets) and Shaun Pollock (7,386 runs and 829 wickets) of South Africa, Imran Khan (7,516 runs and 544 wickets) of Pakistan. wickets), Wasim Akram (6,615 runs and 916 wickets) and Shahid Afridi (11,196 runs and 541 wickets), Sir Ian Botham of England (7,313 runs and 528 wickets), Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka (5,114 runs and 755 wickets), New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori (6,989 runs and 667 wickets) and Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan (13,445 runs and 653 wickets).