New DelhiRavindra Jadeja knows no limits when it comes to getting the ball spinning quickly by twisting and throwing it in the air. The Wankhede pitch was spinning since the first session of the day and then what happened was that out-of-form Ravindra Jadeja got his wish. After the failure in Pune, there were many questions about Jadeja’s bowling, which Jadeja answered himself.

Jadeja beat Glenn Phillips in the Test match against New Zealand at the Wankhede Ground and set the record of becoming the fifth Indian bowler to take the most wickets in Test cricket for Team India. Earlier in that game, Jadeja had broken the fifty partnership by dismissing New Zealand’s Will Young.

Jadeja passed and made history

By taking two wickets in one over, Jadeja left two Indian bowlers behind at the same time. With 312 wickets, Jadeja left behind Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan who took 311 wickets. However, the title of most successful Indian bowler in Test cricket goes to Anil Kumble, who took a total of 619 wickets in his illustrious career, and he remains the only Indian bowler to take 600 or more Test wickets. After him, Ravichandran Ashwin is in second place, having taken 533 wickets in Test matches so far. If Ashwin plays cricket for two to three more years, he can definitely break Kumble’s record. In third place is Kapil Dev, who has taken 434 Test wickets in his career. Kapil Dev is still the Indian fast bowler to take the most wickets in Test history. After him comes Harbhajan Singh, who has 417 wickets to his name. Now fifth place went to Ravindra Jadeja. Jasprit Bumrah is also one of the top bowlers of this generation, having picked up 173 wickets in 40 Test matches so far.

Jadeja’s counter action

It is always said that the right place to answer someone in sports is on the field and Ravindra Jadeja understands this better. At the Wankhede Ground, Jadeja was under a lot of pressure. After returning to the team, Sundar was consistently successful but Jadeja failed on the spin-friendly pitch. Everything changed on the first day of the Mumbai Test, Jadeja became the hero once again. Jadeja not only set the record but also broke the backbone of the New Zealand batting line-up by taking five wickets in the first innings for the 14th time.

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