2024-09-29 15:23:27
Published: 23:11, 27 September 2024
When India lost 6 wickets for 144 runs in Chennai Test, Ravindra Jadeja led the team with Ravichandran Ashwin. A pair of 199 runs brought the team fighting capital. However, he was out on a personal score of 86. After that, he took 2 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings.
The bowling all-rounder is standing in front of three records each in the Kanpur Test, which begins today, Friday (September 27). Among them are the records of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.
Chances to overtake Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik and Mayank:
If Jadeja can score more than fifty runs in two innings in this Test, he will surpass the runs scored by Murali Vijay (295), Dinesh Karthik (270) and Mayank Iyerwal (257) against Bangladesh. Jadeja’s runs against Bangladesh are now 234.
Sachin’s Sixes Record:
The legendary Sachin Tendulkar has a record in cricket. However, Jadeja is waiting to break his record in terms of hitting sixes in Tests. Tendulkar hit a total of 67 sixes in his Test career. On the other hand, Jadeja’s number of sixes is now 66. With just 2 more sixes in the Kanpur Test, he will surpass Sachin’s number of sixes.
Ganguly’s Fifties Record:
Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly scored 3 fifties in Tests against Bangladesh. Zajeda has already scored 3 fifties against Bangladesh. A fifty in Kanpur will see him overtake Ganguly, overtake Ajinkya Rahane (4). Then only Cheteshwar Pujara (5) will be in front of him.
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