# Jadeja enters elite club with 350 Test wickets and 4000 runs

2026-08-17T13:26:36+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk

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Ravindra Jadeja has become only the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to score more than 4000 runs and take over 350 wickets in Test cricket. He achieved the double on the third day of the Galle Test against Sri Lanka, reaching the 350-wicket mark and taking his run tally past 4100. According to Aaj Tak, Jadeja is now part of a select group of four cricketers worldwide to have achieved this double, joining Kapil Dev, Ian Botham of England and Daniel Vettori of New Zealand. Kapil Dev has 5248 runs and 434 wickets, Botham has 5200 runs and 383 wickets, and Vettori has 4531 runs and 362 wickets. Jadeja has 4108 runs and 351 wickets. Jadeja is also the fifth Indian bowler to take 350 Test wickets, after Anil Kumble (619), Ravichandran Ashwin (537), Kapil Dev (434) and Harbhajan Singh (417). Among left-arm spinners, he now ranks third in wickets, behind Rangana Herath (433) and Daniel Vettori (362), with a strike rate of 58.0, the second-best among left-arm spinners with at least 125 wickets, after Keshav Maharaj (56.4).

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