IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Jadeja adds another milestone to his name during the match

Ravindra Jadeja (Pic: File Pic)

India's star spinner Ravindra Jadeja registered another milestone to his name. On day three of the IND vs ENG 3rd Test, Jadeja dismissed Ben Stokes.

With the English skipper's wicket, Jadeja became the fifth Indian to complete 200 test wickets in India.

Previously only four bowlers have achieved the feat namely Anil Kumble with 350 wickets, Ravichandran Ashwin with 347 wickets, Harbhajan Singh with 265 wickets and Kapil Dev with 219 test wickets.

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In the ongoing IND vs ENG 3rd Test, other than Stokes, the left-arm spinner took the wicket of Tom Hartley in his spell of 10 overs where he conceded 51 runs.

Jadeja in the same match displayed extraordinary strokes with the willow. He then became the third Indian player to score 3,000 runs and pick more than 250 wickets in tests.

He achieved this milestone during the IND vs ENG 3rd Test in Rajkot, where he notched up a crucial century (112 runs) to entertain the home crowd. Kapil Dev tops the elite list with 5,248 runs and 434 wickets in 131 matches while Ashwin has so far slammed 3,271 runs and taken 500 wickets in 98 matches.

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Jadeja has scored 3003 runs and taken 280 wickets so far in 70 matches.

Coming to the IND vs ENG 3rd Test, the hosts bowled out visitors for 319 runs and took a lead of 124 runs on Day 3 on Saturday. Other than left-hand opener, Ben Duckett who scored 153 runs with the help of 23 fours and two sixes no batter was able to convert their start to a big one.

For India, the pick of the bowler was right-arm seamer Mohammad Siraj who bagged four wickets in his spell of 21.1 overs, conceding 24 runs. Other than Jadeja, spinner Kuldeep Yadav bagged two wickets in the 18 overs, conceding 77 runs in his spell. One wicket each was taken by Jasprit Bumrah and Ashwin in their respective spells.

(With ANI Inputs)