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Jadeja, who’s playing his 88th Test for India today in Kolkata, has 4000 runs and 338 wickets to his name within the five-day format of the sport.
Ravindra Jadeja becomes 2nd Indian to take 300 wickets and rating 4000 runs in Test cricket. (Picture Credit: AP)
World No. 1 Test all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja entered his name within the record books on Saturday, November 15, by becoming the second Indian and overall fourth cricketer on the planet to attain 4000 runs and take not less than 300 wickets in Test cricket. The 36-year-old cricketer from Jamnagar, who’s playing his 88th Test for India today in Kolkata against South Africa, needed 10 runs to finish 4000 runs in Test cricket, and he achieved the target through the morning session of the second day’s play at Eden Gardens. He already has 338 wickets to his credit within the five-day format of the sport.
Kapil Dev was the primary cricketer to take 300 wickets and rating 4000 runs in Test cricket, and he was followed by Ian Botham of England and Daniel Vettori of Recent Zealand.
Players to attain 4000 runs and take 300 wickets in Test cricket
| PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | WICKETS |
| Kapil Dev | India | 131 | 5248 | 434 |
| Ian Botham | England | 102 | 5200 | 383 |
| Daniel Vettori | Recent Zealand | 113 | 4531 | 362 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | India | 88 | 4000* | 338 |
The continuing India-South Africa match in Kolkata is Jadeja’s 88th Test for India. He’s the second fastest cricketer after Botham to take 300 wickets and rating 4000 runs in Test. The previous England captain achieved the feat in his 72nd red-ball match for the English team.
Jadeja got here out to bat at No. 6 for India in the primary innings. He was batting on 11 runs from 15 balls at the tip of the primary session.
Before Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, who’s playing his first Test for India after greater than three months, also scripted history.
The 28-year-old left-handed wicketkeeper-batter broke Virender Sehwag’s record of hitting probably the most sixes for India in Test cricket.
Pant needed one six within the Kolkata Test to go past Sehwag’s tally of 90 sixes for India in Test cricket, and he achieved the target by hitting Keshav Maharaj for a six on the fourth ball of the thirty eighth over.
He scored yet another six for India on the third ball of the forty second over bowled by Maharaj. He was sent back to the pavilion by Corbin Bosch. On the fourth ball of the forty fourth over of India’s first innings, Pant was caught by Kyle Verreynne. During his stay on the crease, he faced 24 balls and, with the assistance of two fours and two sixes, scored 27 runs.
Kolkata [Calcutta], India, India
November 15, 2025, 12:00 IST
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