Ashwin and Jadeja. The friendship between the two is no less than Jai and Veeru from Sholay. Especially when it comes to the taste of home, this pair has no equal. Both struck at their opponents as if they had been starved of wickets for a long time. This same style of both is also the main reason behind India’s mood rising in the World Test Championship. Not only that, Ashwin and Jadeja are also the reason for Team India’s dominance in the 11-year-long domestic Test series.
Playing 45 Tests together in 11 years, Team India lost only 3
Team India lost the last Test series at home in 2012. But since then he has made a habit of not losing Test series at home. More than 4300 days have passed since the last Test series loss at home. India played 52 Tests during this period, with Ashwin and Jadeja playing together in 45 Tests. India’s dominance with these two was such that out of those 45 Tests, Team India had to face defeat only in 3.
54 Tests, 553 wickets…this is the magic of Ashwin-Jadeja
You must have seen many batsmen enjoying partnership in cricket. But, it works with Ashwin and Jadeja bowling. Once they start at both ends, there is no stopping them. He has taken 553 wickets in the last 54 Tests while writing a success story for India. This is the second highest wicket for any spin pair. Muralitharan and Jayasuriya are the only spin duo to take 667 more wickets than Ashwin-Jadeja.
Whether batting or bowling, Ashwin-Jadeja is right?
How deadly Ashwin and Jadeja are can also be seen from their overall statistics in Test cricket. Ashwin has so far scored 3422 runs at an average of 26.94 with the help of 6 centuries and 14 half-centuries. While Ravindra Jadeja has scored 3122 runs at an average of 36.73 with 4 centuries and 21 fifties.
If we talk about bowling, Ashwin has so far taken 522 Test wickets at an average of 23.7, in which the achievement of taking 5 plus wickets has been recorded 37 times. Ravindra Jadeja has so far taken 299 wickets at an average of 24, including 13 wickets of 5 or more.
Ashwin, Jadeja will become number 11 in the 10-man club
There are only 10 players in the history of Test cricket so far who have the magical figure of 3000 runs and 300 wickets. Ashwin is also among those 10 players and now Ravindra Jadeja has a chance to join that club as the 11th player. The Kanpur Test is becoming important for Ravindra Jadeja to capitalize on this opportunity.
With this success, Jadeja will complete 300 wickets in Test cricket with his first wicket in the second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur, while two people in Test history who have scored 3000 runs and 300 wickets will be part of the playing XI. Then entire India will be proud of this achievement due to Ashwin and Jadeja.
