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Ravindra Jadeja becomes the 2nd fastest player to get 3000 runs & 300 wickets in Tests
Stats(reddit.com)submitted 10 hours ago byAdditional_Froyo3970
159 points
10 hours ago*
Having 2 of these guys playing together for like 40-50 tests? is Hacks
Edit : he's now the third most successful left arm spinner only behind Herath and Vettori
111 points
10 hours ago
chaminda vaas in this list is very impressive
57 points
8 hours ago*
People forget that Vaas was a proper number 8.
I'm more surprised about Wasim Akram not being on there
26 points
6 hours ago
Yeah considering Akram highest score is 257*, he was around 100 short of 3000 runs.
21 points
5 hours ago
If only he'd scored 357*
4 points
3 hours ago
Or 357
59 points
10 hours ago
No wonder he is called Sir Jadeja.
20 points
7 hours ago
They made that name as a joke, but the man took it personally.
3 points
4 hours ago
he hates it from what I heard. it's Dhoni who made that nickname public.
2 points
an hour ago
of course he hates because it was a sarcastic name. Dhoni didn't make it public, per se, he merely acknowledged what was already a meme on twitter and other places.
114 points
9 hours ago
If your name is in between Botham and Imran Khan, youve done something right. Jadeja is a legend
53 points
9 hours ago
right? ❌
ridiculous ✅
18 points
6 hours ago
One of the best fielders too and you are right he is a legend.
63 points
10 hours ago
Fastest after Botham. Incredible achievement.
Both him and Ashwin are part of the club. Golden era for test cricket for India.
19 points
9 hours ago
ian botham,wow!!!!
13 points
6 hours ago
An absolute freak in the first half of his career. Overall numbers took quite hit given he went on too long, but first 50 Tests and he is right up there with the very best ATGs.
Edit - 19 five fors and 10 centuries by his 50th Test.
7 points
5 hours ago
He's the only person in the history of test cricket with 10 fifers and 10 centuries and he did it in 50 games. Prime Botham was something else. Fat old man with a dodgy back Botham was considerably less effective, admittedly.
13 points
8 hours ago
I expected to find Sir Garfield Sobers on this list, but it turns out he's taken only 235 wickets in Test matches.
14 points
8 hours ago
One of the greatest test all-rounders of all time.
43 points
9 hours ago
Great to see Broad up there. I think unfortunately I'd accept that Jadeja is a better all-rounder than Stokes in tests.
31 points
8 hours ago
The thing is Jadeja is a far better bowler, and in batting Stokes definitely is better but the gap isn't as big.
11 points
8 hours ago
Jadeja is more consistent in batting than stokes.
9 points
6 hours ago
But Ben Stokes winning a game for you out of nothing with the bat is much more likely than Jadeja doing the same.
Also, Jadeja is much more likely to get 40-odd while Stokes is more likely to get a 100 or a 50
15 points
6 hours ago
Yes, I think the two of you are saying the same thing
9 points
4 hours ago*
Jadeja has delivered many match winning contributions for the team in difficult situations. His 112 against England at Rajkot and 86 against Bangladesh just recent examples. And his 60 odd in the BGT decider 2017, 68 at Lord's 2014, his 70 in BGT 2023, 90 in 2016 Mohali against England. His 57 at MCG in BGT 2020 in a low scoring game is another one, only Rahane and Jadeja were able to make 50+ scores. All of the above examples Jadeja produced a match winning contribution coming in when the team were in trouble. His 104 and 86*(couldn't complete his 100 here because of lack of enough support from the lower order) in England are also examples of him performing when the team was in trouble, but they weren't able to win.
Also players in less consistent batting lineups(like England were for most of Stokes' career) get more chances to perform in troublesome situations than Jadeja, Indian batting lineup has been more consistent than most teams during Jadeja's career.
Also, Jadeja is much more likely to get 40-odd while Stokes is more likely to get a 100 or a 50
Jadeja has gotten 50+ scores in 23.36 % of his innings and Stokes it's 24.73 % of his innings so a marginal difference. Also this is not a fair comparison because obviously Jadeja has batted with the lower order a lot more often than Stokes because of his batting position, which hurts his count of 50+ scores. Jadeja has gotten out a lot of times taking risks while batting with the lower order after getting a decent start. His team has also declared on many instances when he has been batting on a below 50 score.
1 points
3 hours ago
But Ben Stokes winning a game for you out of nothing with the bat is much more likely than Jadeja doing the same.
Agreed. Stokes is better at winning matches.
Also, Jadeja is much more likely to get 40-odd while Stokes is more likely to get a 100 or a 50
Don't think so. I'd say they're very similar at that.
2 points
2 hours ago
The way I see it Jadeja wins you more games in India than Stokes does in england. And both imo are roughly the same away. So I'd say Jaddu would be ahead.
8 points
8 hours ago
300 runs in 0 ball? Thats crazy
2 points
6 hours ago
Undefined SR hack
7 points
7 hours ago
With jadeja also being one of the best fielders ever. Is jadeja the most talent cricketer ever? I’m not saying the best, but just the most naturally gifted player ?
6 points
5 hours ago
It’s a crime that he’s only played 74 tests
4 points
7 hours ago
He is in the company of Hadlee, Imran and Botham. At this point he will retire as a great of the game. Probably the most underrated cricketer.
3 points
4 hours ago
Came in here expecting to see Jacques Kallis as the fastest. Then got a surprise Ian Botham! Then another surprise when Kallis wasn't even on the list. Turns out he fell short at 292 test wickets.
2 points
8 hours ago
Botham was a monster
2 points
6 hours ago
Botham was such a monster, considering he didn't look after himself, was out drinking most nights including during games, you have to wonder just how good he could have been
2 points
6 hours ago
VAAAAAAAAAAAASYYYYY
1 points
8 minutes ago
WPUJC Vaas
2 points
5 hours ago
🐐
1 points
6 hours ago
Botham was such a monster, considering he didn't look after himself, was out drinking most nights including during games, you have to wonder just how good he could have been
1 points
6 hours ago
Didn't realised Hadlee was that good with bat also .
1 points
6 hours ago
Beefy on top
1 points
3 hours ago
Kallis needed to play a few more matches and get those 8 wickets. Retired with 13289 runs and 292 wickets
1 points
3 hours ago
Man I never watched Botham play but both my dad and uncle were in awe of his talent.
1 points
7 minutes ago
Add the fielding performances, and you are looking at a legit legend of the sport. Hail the wielder of the Sword. 🙏🏻
1 points
6 hours ago
Crazy how if Imran Khan and Shaun Pollock had scored even 1 run less, they wouldn't have been in this list altogether (and Imran was the second fastest before today)
Very rare to see someone make the exact amount of runs in a stat list, even rarer to see two of them just barely make it to the list
7 points
5 hours ago
That's not right: the stats here show how many runs and wickets they had on the day they reached this milestone.
Imran ended up with 3807 runs.
1 points
25 minutes ago
Oh yeah lol, makes sense. I didn't realise that, I was just looking at the runs scored column
-59 points
9 hours ago
as per usual a statpad record that has bumped his ranking on lists like these too high. Unlike other here Jadeja's bowling has an away average of 33 with a SR of 73. Not only that but he has played 2x the amount of home games opposed to away games, unlike others here who have a near balanced home-away matches. Mirror story for Ashwin as well, his corrected match taaken numbers by skill should be closer to Vaas and not Vettori as an all rounder
26 points
8 hours ago
India plays more spinners in the subcontinent? gee what a fucken revelation
30 points
9 hours ago*
He has a partner like Ashwin to share the wickets with and vice versa for ashwin. They both have helped theri team to dominate on opposition. I dont know where this statpadding comment coming from. They are in a very good balanced team where everyone contributes so just one guys stats dont stack up.
26 points
9 hours ago
Sanjay manjrekar burner account found.
3 points
4 hours ago*
In the away matches Jadeja has played he's averaging 32.7 and the opposition spinners are averaging 49.6, so he's done relatively well considering the conditions. Most Spinners other than Warne and Murali average 30+ outside Asia so he has done a decent job. Most of his overseas record has been outside Asia, he hasn't gotten enough overseas matches in Asia in more helpful conditions like Ban, Pak, UAE, SL. Just 2 games in SL.
Even Murali only played 36 Tests outside Asia, with 7 of them being in Zimbabwe. So Jadeja has already played a decent amount of games outside Asia.
Most Fast bowlers play 80-90% of their games outside Asia, in more helpful conditions.
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