Ravindra Jadeja creates history in Colombo, becomes first Indian to achieve this feat

India’s Ravindra Jadeja (ANI Picture)

Ravindra Jadeja entered the document books on Sunday, changing into the primary Indian cricketer to function in 50 World Take a look at Championship matches.The 37-year-old all-rounder from Jamnagar, Gujarat, reached the landmark when India took on Sri Lanka within the second and closing Take a look at on the Sinhalese Sports activities Membership in Colombo.

India’s most appearances in WTC

Participant	Matches	Runs	Finest	100s	Wickets	Finest figures	5W	Catches
Ravindra Jadeja	50	2,632	175*	5	160	7/42	6	18
Virat Kohli	46	2,617	254*	5	0	–	0	49
Mohammed Siraj	47	167	16*	0	141	6/15	5	22
Jasprit Bumrah	42	334	34*	0	185	6/27	13	14
Ravichandran Ashwin	41	1,142	113	2	195	7/71	11	13
Rishabh Pant	42	2,885	146	6	–	–	–	124
Shubman Gill	42	2,867	269	10	0	–	0	32
Rohit Sharma	40	2,716	212	9	0	–	0	43
Cheteshwar Pujara	35	1,769	102*	1	0	–	0	21
KL Rahul	35	2,265	137	6	–	–

Jadeja’s milestone got here on a day when India made one change to the XI for the Colombo Take a look at. Off-spinning all-rounder Saransh Jain was handed his debut, changing Kuldeep Yadav, who missed the match as a consequence of an an infection.Jain obtained his India debut cap from Jadeja through the crew huddle earlier than play started.India received the toss for the second successive Take a look at and opted to bat first. They lead the two-match sequence 1-0 after beating Sri Lanka by 165 runs in Galle.Enjoying XIs:India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Saransh Jain, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh KrishnaSri Lanka: Lahiru Udara, Kamil Mishara, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Keshara Nuwantha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, and Asitha Fernando

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