Friday , December 27 2024

Did what no Indian could do before in test cricket

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IND vs AUS, Ravindra Jadeja: In the third Test match being played between India and Australia, Ravindra Jadeja batted brilliantly and scored the 22nd half-century of his Test career. Jadeja played this inning of 77 runs at a time when the Indian team needed him the most. After Rohit Sharma was out, Ravindra Jadeja came to bat and made a partnership of 67 runs with Rahul for the sixth wicket. On one hand, Rahul was out after scoring 86 runs. But Jadeja remained firm on the crease and managed to complete his half-century. Here, let us tell you that since 2017, Jadeja has become the player with the highest score of 50+ while batting at number 7 or below in Tests.

Highest 50+ score by a batsman ranked 7th or lower in Tests since 2017

Ravindra Jadeja- 15

Niroshan Dickwella – 12

Agha Salman – 11

Quinton de Kock- 11

Alex Carey – 10

Mehdi Hasan Miraj- 10

Jadeja is the only Indian player to achieve such a feat

Furthermore, Ravindra Jadeja is only the third cricketer in world cricket to have scored 6 or more 50+ scores and taken more than 75 wickets in Tests against Australia. Earlier, Wilfred Rhodes and Ian Botham had achieved this feat in the Test against Australia. Jadeja has taken a total of 89 wickets so far against Australia. And managed to score 50+ 6 times. He has now become the only Indian player to achieve such a feat.

England’s Wilfred Rhodes managed to score 50+ 10 times in the Test against Australia, while also taking 109 wickets. Apart from this, Ian Botham scored 50+ runs 10 times against Australia. He was also successful in taking 148 wickets against Australia.

Players who have scored 50+ scores and taken 75+ wickets 6 times in test matches against Australia

wilfred rhodes

ian botham

Ravi Jadeja

India’s top order collapsed

The top order batsmen of the Indian team were a complete flop in the Gabba Test match. But KL Rahul brought India out of trouble by playing an important inning of 86 runs. Here let us tell you that Australia scored 445 runs in the first innings. For Australia, Travis Head scored 152 runs and Steve Smith scored 101 runs. On the basis of the innings of these two, the Australian team managed to score 445.