Mohali: Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has scored a century on the second day of the Mohali Test against Sri Lanka (IND vs SL). He completed his century in 160 balls with the help of 10 fours. This is Jadeja’s second century in this format, playing the first Test for India in 2012. He scored his first century against West Indies in 2018. Ravindra Jadeja joined the special club even before completing a century in this match. There was only one Indian player in this club before him.
Ravindra Jadeja completed 5000 runs in international cricket as soon as he reached 68. In his international career spanning 13 years, Jadeja has played 284 matches. He has 2411 runs in 168 matches in ODIs and 326 runs in 58 matches in T20 Internationals. Prior to this match in Tests, 2195 runs were scored from his bat in 84 innings. Jadeja is the 26th player from India to score 5000 runs in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has the highest number of 34357 runs.
Jadeja also has 468 wickets in international cricket
Along with this, Jadeja also has 468 wickets in international cricket. So far 8 Indian players have taken 400 or more international wickets. But Jadeja is only the second player from India to score 5000 runs as well as take 400 wickets (5000 Runs And 400 Wickets). Before him, the great Kapil Dev has done this feat. Kapil Dev, who played the last match for India in 1994, has 9031 runs with 687 wickets. He played 356 matches.
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With this, Jadeja is the third Indian player to score a Test century against Sri Lanka while batting at No. Before him, Kapil Dev had scored 163 runs in Kanpur in 1986. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored two centuries against Sri Lanka while playing at this number. He scored 110* in Ahmedabad and 100* in Mumbai in 2009.
