Ravindra Jadeja wreaked havoc with his bowling in the first innings of the third match of the ongoing Test series against New Zealand. He took 5 wickets for 65 runs in 22 overs. Jadeja took the wickets of Will Young (71), Tom Blundell (0), Glenn Phillips (17), Ish Sodhi (7) and Matt Henry (0). This is Jadeja’s 14th five-wicket haul in his Test career and fifth in the World Test Championship.

Due to the brilliant bowling of Ravindra Jadeja, the New Zealand team was all out for 235 runs in the first innings. Meanwhile, cricket commentator Sanjay Manjrekar was seen praising Jadeja’s performance. Manjrekar said that Jadeja’s spell was exactly what India needed.

Sanjay Manjrekar made a special tweet on social media-

Praising Ravindra Jadeja, Sanjay Manjrekar tweeted on social media and wrote,

I am very happy for my favorite cricketer Jadeja. Five wickets! They needed it! And the team also needed it.

Over the moon for my favorite cricketer, Jadeja.
A fire! He needed that! And so did the team.

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) November 1, 2024

Jadeja becomes the fifth bowler to take most test wickets for India

Ravindra Jadeja has made a big achievement in the test match being played against New Zealand in Mumbai. He has become the fifth bowler to take the most wickets for India in Test cricket. He has achieved this feat leaving behind Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma. Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan have taken 311 wickets in their name after playing 188 and 165 innings respectively.

Ravindra Jadeja has taken 314 wickets in 145 innings. Jadeja is behind only Anil Kumble, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kapil Dev and Harbhajan Singh in the list of Indian bowlers who have taken most wickets in the longest format of the game.

Most wickets for India in test matches

• 619 – Anil Kumble (236 innings)
• 533 – Ravichandran Ashwin (198 innings)
• 434 – Kapil Dev (227 innings)
• 417 – Harbhajan Singh (190 innings)
• 314 – Ravindra Jadeja (145 innings)
• 311 – Zaheer Khan (165 innings)
• 311 – Ishant Sharma (188 innings)