On Day 3 of the first Test between India and So🅘uth Africa, Ravindra Jadeja picked up the crucial wicket of Dean Elgar and became the fastest left-arm bowler to claim 200 wickets.
Jadeja completed his 200 Test wickets in 44 matches.🍨 The Indian all-rounder went pa꧒st former Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath who claimed 200 wickets in 47 games.
200 Test wickets for 👏👏
He is the quick🐻est amongst the left-arm bowlers to reach the mark 👌👌
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Jadeja could have easily reached the feat in the first session of the third day, but wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha dropped a catch of Elgar. The left-hander later got-out after being brilliantly caught at the square leg boundary by Cheteshw🐼ar Pujara.
Other left-arm bowlers tﷺhat follow Herath on the list are Mitchell Johnson (49 Tests), Mitchell Starc (50 Tests), and Bishan Singh Bedi and Wasim Akram (5😼1 Tests).
Meanwhile, Jadeja had made his Test debut way back in 2012. Apart from h♛is record in Test cricket, he also has 178 ODI wickets from 156 matches and 33 wickets in 44 T20Is.
