World No. 1 Test all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja entered his name in the record books on Saturday, November 15, by becoming the second Indian and overall fourth cricketer in the world to score 4000 runs and take
at least 300 wickets in Test cricket. The 36-year-old cricketer from Jamnagar, who is playing his 88th Test for India these days in Kolkata against South Africa, needed 10 runs to complete 4000 runs in Test cricket, and he achieved the objective during the morning session of the second day’s play at Eden Gardens. He already has 338 wickets to his credit in the five-day format of the game.
Kapil Dev was the first cricketer to take 300 wickets and score 4000 runs in Test cricket, and he was followed by Ian Botham of England and Daniel Vettori of New Zealand.
Players to score 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 | New Zealand | 113 | 4531 | 362 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | India | 88 | 4000* | 338 |
The ongoing India-South Africa match in Kolkata is Jadeja’s 88th Test for India. He is the second fastest cricketer after Botham to take 300 wickets and score 4000 runs in Test. The former England captain achieved the feat in his 72nd red-ball match for the English team.
Jadeja came out to bat at No. 6 for India in the first innings. He was batting on 11 runs from 15 balls at the end of the first session.
Before Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, who is playing his first Test for India after more than three months, also scripted history.
The 28-year-old left-handed wicketkeeper-batter broke Virender Sehwag’s record of hitting the most sixes for India in Test cricket.
Pant needed one six in the Kolkata Test to go past Sehwag’s tally of 90 sixes for India in Test cricket, and he achieved the objective by hitting Keshav Maharaj for a six on the fourth ball of the 38th over.
He scored one more six for India on the third ball of the 42nd over bowled by Maharaj. He was sent back to the pavilion by Corbin Bosch. On the fourth ball of the 44th over of India’s first innings, Pant was caught by Kyle Verreynne. During his stay at the crease, he faced 24 balls and, with the help of two fours and two sixes, scored 27 runs.
