Ravindra Jadeja - Second fastest to get 300 wickets and 3000 runs in Test cricket

[bunda_bindaas]

ATG test cricketers produced by India:-

Sunil Gavaskar
Kapil Dev
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
Ravindra Jadeja
Jasprit Bumrah

Also, Anil Kumble. Can't forget him!

Ashwin also belongs to that list.

 

[jnaveen1980]

It is very difficult to dismiss Jadeja these days once he gets the measure of the pitch

 

[Obaidd]

One my favourite ind players or cricket players for that matter. Smart, professional and always contributing to the team’s cause.
A complete cricketer with a thinking mind.
I am sure someone would have mentioned his three triple hundreds in domestic. His career is outstanding because he won u19, is a ranji legend, performed exceptionally well for ind in 3 formats in every aspect for a good 12-15 years.

 

[JaDed]

One my favourite ind players or cricket players for that matter. Smart, professional and always contributing to the team’s cause.
A complete cricketer with a thinking mind.
I am sure someone would have mentioned his three triple hundreds in domestic. His career is outstanding because he won u19, is a ranji legend, performed exceptionally well for ind in 3 formats in every aspect for a good 12-15 years.

He is very good but he played two U-19, ideally one should play just one, he lost the first U-19 when Anwar banana swung us out of the tournament in the final.

 

[Prince of Dorne]

ATG test cricketers produced by India:-

Sunil Gavaskar
Kapil Dev
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
Ravindra Jadeja
Jasprit Bumrah

Kumble and Ashwin are definitely ATG

 

[saimayubera]

He is very good but he played two U-19, ideally one should play just one, he lost the first U-19 when Anwar banana swung us out of the tournament in the final.

Yeah, new rule now. Only one u-19 wc per player.

 

[Sir Alex]

Ravindra Jadeja is now joint-second on the list for the most player of the match awards for India in Tests.

1. Sachin Tendulkar - 14
2. Ravindra Jadeja - 11
3. Rahul Dravid - 11

The impact of Jadeja becomes obvious when you consider the no of tests they played in

Tendulkar- 200
Dravid - 164

Jadeja - just 86!

 

[Sir Alex]

Jadeja has scored more runs taken more wickets than anyone playing this test series (both teams included) How many times has that hapoened before in history?

 

[harshjoshi87]

Dropped from the ODI team, Jadeja now has to stay fit till the end of this WTC cycle.

 

[Ab Fan]

I also want that but which of the 3 targets I mentioned, you think he can achieve?

He will achieve 100 tests first, after that if he continues then 5000 runs and finally 400 wickets. He should achieve it in 105 tests.

 

[Ab Fan]

A little strange comment from Ajit Agarkar, he is very much in World Cup plan but can’t pick him for ODI squad to tour Australia?

 

[SportsWarrior]

You want my honest opinion, out of all the Indian players, Jedeja is my least favorite so I donno man, I was never able to like this guy so my answer is always biased, LOL. It has alot to do with initially he was a good for nothing player, only his fielding was a plus point. Very slowly he was able to improve his skills.

IMO Shakib is a much better player with both bat/ball/skills than Jadu and if Shakib was Indian, Jadeja would not find a place in the indian team. There is a podcast by Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid where they also conveyed this same thing. However, I think if Jadeja played for a team like Bangladesh, he would probably have similar stats like Shakib - because they would rely alot on him compared to team India, whereas in team India, we have so many match winners. Jadeja is just one guy among great players.

You can rely on Shakib (prime form - not now) to win you games with both Bat/Ball which he did often when BD won. With Jadeja, this is not a thing. He is a contributer in a larger pool. Shakib on the other hand is the whole god damn contribution most of the time. That itself matters alot.

Shakib is inferior bowler and fielder compared to Jadeja. Shakib batted in top 5/6 and was a premier player in his mediocre team allowing him opportunities to bat up the order and bowl at his will. He was also captain for a considerable amount of time and didn’t have any other mayor bowler with whom he had to share his wickets. Jadeja was one of many superstars on the team and throughout his career played second fiddle to Ashwin on spin friendly pitches and to Bumrah and others in seam friendly ones. Moreover he has played higher percentage of his matches against top teams unlike Shakib who played minimally with England, Australia and India/ SA (not due to his mistake). Even with that Jadeja has superior bowling stats whereas Shakib is mediocre and now even has better batting stats. Skill and performance wise Jadeja is far superior to Shakib.

 

[Obaidd]

You want my honest opinion, out of all the Indian players, Jedeja is my least favorite so I donno man, I was never able to like this guy so my answer is always biased, LOL. It has alot to do with initially he was a good for nothing player, only his fielding was a plus point. Very slowly he was able to improve his skills.

maybe you got influenced by sir jadeja memes or something cuz he was always pretty good. The criticism he got was unjustified imo. What did he do wrong exactly?

 

[BouncerGuy]

Jadeja should just stick to test cricket now... I think India has better players for white ball cricket than Jadeja atm..

 

[Sir Alex]

A little strange comment from Ajit Agarkar, he is very much in World Cup plan but can’t pick him for ODI squad to tour Australia?

Horses for courses. Jadeja has been utterly poor in Aus as a bowler. And his batting is surplus in ODI format. He did do well last time with the bat though.

 

[Sir Alex]

Shakib is inferior bowler and fielder compared to Jadeja. Shakib batted in top 5/6 and was a premier player in his mediocre team allowing him opportunities to bat up the order and bowl at his will. He was also captain for a considerable amount of time and didn’t have any other mayor bowler with whom he had to share his wickets. Jadeja was one of many superstars on the team and throughout his career played second fiddle to Ashwin on spin friendly pitches and to Bumrah and others in seam friendly ones. Moreover he has played higher percentage of his matches against top teams unlike Shakib who played minimally with England, Australia and India/ SA (not due to his mistake). Even with that Jadeja has superior bowling stats whereas Shakib is mediocre and now even has better batting stats. Skill and performance wise Jadeja is far superior to Shakib.

Good points.

Had Jadeja consistently batted at 5 or 6, he would have been averaging in early to mid 40s, probably even higher.

Jadeja averages a scarcely believable 57 batting at no.6 with 10 50+ scores out of 28 innings. He has the highest avg of any Indian no.6 in test history (minimum 500 runs) too.

Imagine what a resource was being wasted by India while trying to have "speshulist" batters at no.6 who were utterly mediocre (especially Rahane).

 

[bunda_bindaas]

I don't believe for a second that Axar is a better replacement in ODIs. Axar's batting average is 22 in ODIs and bowling wise, he's pretty much the same in terms of ER and wickets.

In fact, Jadeja has 2 5fers in ODIs and quite a few 4fers. Even at 36/37, he's a better fielder than Axar. I have no idea what Gambhir sees in Axar to give him preferential treatment.

 

[hassan918]

Do you agree with Ravi Shastri? This is what he said about Jadeja.

"I have seen Kallis, I've also seen Stokes, but honestly nobody is as good as Ravindra Jadeja".

 

[bunda_bindaas]

Do you agree with Ravi Shastri? This is what he said about Jadeja.

"I have seen Kallis, I've also seen Stokes, but honestly nobody is as good as Ravindra Jadeja".

Jadeja is better than Stokes, for sure.

Kallis is not in the same category as Jadeja, as in, he was a batting all rounder. Is he more valuable than Jadeja? Definitely, on pitches in SENA.

Jadeja beats Kallis in the subcontinent.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

If he ends up with an avg of 40 no one will be able to deny his ATG stature.

I do think he is already an ATG but opinion amongst posters are divided.

 

[bunda_bindaas]

If he ends up with an avg of 40 no one will be able to deny his ATG stature.

I do think he is already an ATG but opinion amongst posters are divided.

He already has the highest batting average amongst bowling all rounders, who have taken 300 wickets.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

He is very good but he played two U-19, ideally one should play just one, he lost the first U-19 when Anwar banana swung us out of the tournament in the final.

I think that rule came in around 2018 or so with Rahul Dravid at the helm. A good rule!

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

He surely is the best fielder of any all rounder lists of any era that one can come up with .

Love the Swordsman celebration when he gets 50 or 100!