Ravindra Jadeja Most Fifty and Five Wicket Haul Record: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja spun a web around Bangladesh’s batsmen as India defeated the visiting team by 280 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday to win the first Test. Ashwin (6 for 88), who was named player of the match and took five wickets along with a century on his home ground, started Gautam Gambhir’s first Test as India head coach with an emphatic win.
Jadeja registered his name in the pages of history
Sir Jadeja, who created havoc with ball and bat against Bangladesh, is once again in the headlines, a big record of Jadeja’s Test cricket history has been registered, Jadeja has scored the most number of half-centuries in a match in the history of Test cricket and scored five. Has become the first Indian to take more wickets. As Indian players, Ashwin and Jadeja are the only players who have achieved this feat more than 10 times in their career, before them the legendary Kapil Dev has done this feat (7) times, after that comes the name of Harbhajan Singh. Who has done this feat (3) times.
Jadeja dismissed Shanto for 82 runs before his century. Bumrah went from extra cover to the right side and took an excellent catch while maintaining his balance. Ashwin again joined the party and took his sixth wicket by dismissing Taskin Ahmed and India was just one wicket away from taking a 1-0 lead in the series. Jadeja took the wicket of Hasan Mahmood and India won the first Test and took a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.