India and Australia are facing each other in the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Delhi. In the match, the Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first.
Till tea break, the visitors are standing at 199-6 in 56 overs. Arun Jaitley Stadium is famous for favoring the spinners and out of these 6 wickets 4 have been clinched by the spinners. R Ashwin has got three wickets while the star Indian all-rounder R Jadeja managed to get one wicket where he got Usman Khawaja.
With this one wicket, Jadeja has completed his 250 wickets in Test Cricket and achieved a world record for India.
Jadeja Surpasses Imran Khan
Jadeja has become the second-fastest player in Test cricket to take 2500 runs and 250 wickets. He has done this feat in only 62 matches. With this, he broke the record of former Pakistan captain Imran Khan. Imran reached this figure in 64 Test matches. Ian Botham is number one on this list with 55 matches.
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Jadeja has become the fifth spinner to take 250 wickets and score 2500 or more runs in Test cricket. Before him, Shane Warne, Anil Kumble, Daniel Vettori, and R Ashwin had achieved this milestone.