Ravindra Jadeja Surpassed Zaheer and Ishant On Test Wickets List

Spin wizard Ravindra Jadeja surpassed ace fast bowlers Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma on the most test wickets for India list during the 1st innings of the third test against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Zaheer and Ishant have 311 wickets each in the format while Jadeja has now taken 318 wickets during the time of writing this article.

Jadeja picked up five wickets in the 1st innings to help the hosts fold the visitors for 235 runs in 65.4 overs. First, he sent well-set Will Young for 71 to the dugout with a peach of a delivery which went straight to Rohit’s hand in the slip in the 45th over. Then the leftie spinner castled Tom Blundell with a jaffa which pitched on the middle stump and took the off-stump in the same over. Glenn Phillips was his 312th scalp who missed an arm ball in the 53rd over from him, going through the bat and pad to hit the timber. Therefore, he completed his fifer in the 61st over, getting Sodhi and Henry out.

Jadeja has so far taken nine wickets in the match with four wickets in the second innings. He has been an impactful and excellent performer in the game to keep in the competition against the Blackcaps who have already two matches in the series.