Stats: Ravindra Jadeja completes 150 wickets in Test cricket

He became the 14th Indian and 101st player overall to pick up 150 and more wickets in the Test format.

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India’s Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with his captain Virat Kohli. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images)

Ravindra Jadeja, the No.1 Test bowler reached a new milestone as he completed 150 wickets in Test cricket during the ongoing 2nd Test match against Sri Lanka at the Colombo (SSC). Jadeja, who is playing the 32nd Test of his career, became the 2nd fastest Indian to reach the milestone. He cleaned up Dhananjaya de Silva for a first-ball duck on the 3rd morning to register the 150th wicket.

Thus, he became the 14th Indian and 101st player overall to pick up 150 and more wickets in the Test format. For India, only Ravichandran Ashwin has reached the 150 wickets milestone in fewer Tests as the Indian off-spinner took just 29 Tests to get as many wickets.

Indian bowlers who took the fewest matches for 150 Test wickets:

PlayerMatches
R Ashwin29
R Jadeja32
EAS Prasanna34
A Kumble34
Harbhajan Singh35
BS Chandrasekhar36

 

Of the 101 players with 150 Test wickets, Jadeja is only the 19th left-arm spinner to bag as many wickets. Among the 19 left armers, no player has got there in fewer than 32 Tests. Thus Jadeja broke the record held by Mitchell Johnson (34 matches) to become the fastest left-arm bowler to register 150 Test wickets.

Left-arm bowlers who took the fewest matches for 150 Test wickets:

PlayerTeamMatches
R JadejaIndia32
MG JohnsonAustralia34
WA JohnstonAustralia35
GAR LockEngland40
AK DavidsonAustralia37
TA BoultNew Zealand40
DL UnderwoodEngland40
MH MankadIndia40
HMRKB HerathSri Lanka40

 

Among spinners who have taken 150 and more wickets in Test cricket, Jadeja stands at No.7. Australian leg-spinner Clarrie Grimmett took just 29 matches to pick 150 Test wickets.

Spinners who completed 150 Test wickets in fewest matches:

PlayerTeamMatches
CV GrimmettAustralia28
HJ TayfieldSouth Africa29
Saeed AjmalPakistan29
R AshwinIndia29
SK WarneAustralia31
SCG MacGillAustralia31
R JadejaIndia32

 

(Stats as on August 5, 2017)

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