Ravindra Jadeja edges past Kapil Dev with this record in Edgbaston Test

Ravindra Jadeja continued to showcase his singular consistency with the bat successful overseas conditions, particularly successful SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia) countries, arsenic helium struck a important 89 connected Day 2 of the 2nd Test against England astatine Edgbaston.

In doing so, Jadeja registered his eighth 50-plus people successful SENA nations portion batting astatine No.7 oregon lower, equalling Kapil Dev and lone trailing MS Dhoni, who leads the illustration with 10 specified scores.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!

Most 50+ Scores by Indians successful SENA Tests (at No.7 oregon lower)

This stat not lone underlines Jadeja’s reliability successful lower-order rescue acts but besides places him successful the aforesaid enactment arsenic 2 of India’s finest all-rounders. What makes Jadeja’s feat adjacent much awesome is the less innings he's taken to scope this milestone — conscionable 37, compared to Kapil’s 50 and Dhoni’s 52.

Jadeja's latest sound was portion of a defining 204-run concern with skipper Shubman Gill, which took India from a precarious 210/5 to a commanding 412/6 by the clip helium fell conscionable earlier lunch. While Gill went connected to station his highest Test people (168* astatine the interval), Jadeja's composed 89 ensured India crossed 400 and seized power of the match.

As the lucifer progresses and India eyes a full good past 500, Jadeja’s publication from the little middle-order erstwhile again stands retired arsenic a reminder of his worth successful challenging overseas conditions, not conscionable arsenic a bowling all-rounder, but arsenic a dependable top-order calibre batter erstwhile the squad needs him most.