Countdown to Jadeja's 200 test wickets and 2000 test runs

[Straight Drive]

Jadeja is nearing the rare double of an Indian cricketer scoring 2000 test runs and claiming 200 test wickets. Only Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and Ravichandran Ashwin are the only three cricketers in that category. Jadeja too is not very far away from being one of the few Indian cricketers to achieve this rare test double of having scored 2000 + test runs with the bat and test wicket tally of 200. Looks like he will easily achieve 200 test wickets before the end of calendar year 2019. Somewhere in middle of 2020, we can expect him to score 2000 test runs as well. Good luck to him

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 27, 2019 by Straight Drive

[carnish]

He has to be really lucky.. we seem to have Kuldeep and Ashwin so don't know if he is going to get many chances with Hardik taking the AR position

[ShoonyaSifar]

1 minute ago, carnish said:

He has to be really lucky.. we seem to have Kuldeep and Ashwin so don't know if he is going to get many chances with Hardik taking the AR position

Jadeja has been a far better bowler (and batsman) than Ashwin in last 2-3 years. Ashwin's hip problems hasn't been sorted during this period and the spate of injuries does not look like coming to an end anytime soon. Plus Jadeja's accuracy will always give him a preference over Ashwin if it came to choosing between the two. In any case, at home all three can play together as well.

[rtmohanlal]

Jadeja should be given a considerable  run at 6th position in batting . He should replace Rahane. Look at record of both  in their last 34 inns.

 

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/234675.html?class=1;spanmin1=22+sep+2016;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

 

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/277916.html?class=1;spanmin1=16+Mar+2017;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

 

Jadeja is way ahead .Even if 45 avg: is a bit inflated  by high ratio of not outs, it is still worth a 41.00  other wise .Dig deeper w.r.t home/away, SENA performance etc, etc Jadeja's  performance has been even better . And what not , on several occasions he was forced to throw his wkt away  by blind slogging for the team cause. Other wise, I am quite confident he would have  genuinely avg:ed 45.Add his bowling & fielding he  deserves his  chances at 6th position.

[Straight Drive]

8 hours ago, carnish said:

He has to be really lucky.. we seem to have Kuldeep and Ashwin so don't know if he is going to get many chances with Hardik taking the AR position

Even if he plays for two years for most matches , he is likely to get this double. It is also possible that after few years, Kuldeep, Chahal, Ashwin will also be dropped / rested / injured from squad or playing 11. This double is bound to happen, the only thing to see how soon this will be achieved. What is doubtful is 300 test wickets and 3000 test runs.

 

 

[carnish]

10 hours ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Jadeja has been a far better bowler (and batsman) than Ashwin in last 2-3 years. Ashwin's hip problems hasn't been sorted during this period and the spate of injuries does not look like coming to an end anytime soon. Plus Jadeja's accuracy will always give him a preference over Ashwin if it came to choosing between the two. In any case, at home all three can play together as well.

The point is preference.. if Dhoni was captain, Jaddu would have surely come in.. but not sure how much virat likes him especially if he doesn't have luxury to go with multiple spinners

[Straight Drive]

Jadeja has 204 testwickets now. Only 370 runs away from getting in rare category of 2000 test runs and 200 test wickets.

[Vijy]

1 hour ago, Straight Drive said:

Jadeja has 204 testwickets now. Only 370 runs away from getting in rare category of 2000 test runs and 200 test wickets.

we will see him get there soon enough. he can make it to 3000-300 combo, although I think 4000-400 is unrealistic.

[Straight Drive]

1 hour ago, Vijy said:

we will see him get there soon enough. he can make it to 3000-300 combo, although I think 4000-400 is unrealistic.

He will need 4 years of test cricket to make the 3000 plus runs and 300 wickets.

 

Agree that 4000 runs and 400 wickets is unrealistic.

[rtmohanlal]

2 hours ago, Vijy said:

we will see him get there soon enough. he can make it to 3000-300 combo, although I think 4000-400 is unrealistic.

 

1 minute ago, Straight Drive said:

He will need 4 years of test cricket to make the 3000 plus runs and 300 wickets.

 

Agree that 4000 runs and 400 wickets is unrealistic.

I think 400-4000 is possible for him .Jadeja has only played 44 tests in almost 7 years as of now.  Being a spinner he has some good  6 years &  5 months  left in him. Moving forward , he would be the premier spinner  in the team because of his superior batting credentials when compared to Ashwin . This was not the case till now. Hence this would vastly improve his tests/year count. Hence it is highly possible.

[R!TTER]

Yes in fact the only thing stopping him to get to 400/4k is lots of bad form/luck/injuries or you guessed it - Brat+cheers leader 

 

These are his stats in the last 4 years 

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Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
RA Jadeja (INDIA)	2015-2019	32	1266	100*	39.56	1	159	7/48	22.48	7	21	0	17.07
R Ashwin (INDIA)	2015-2019	38	1259	118	26.78	2	205	7/59	23.23	15	11	0	3.54
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2019	24	584	63	18.25	0	116	6/23	21.74	3	10	0	-3.49
MA Starc (AUS)	2015-2019	30	786	84	20.68	0	137	6/50	26.24	7	13	0	-5.56
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2015-2018	30	719	67	15.97	0	155	8/63	24.23	12	8	0	-8.26
MM Ali (ENG)	2015-2019	44	2033	155*	28.23	4	136	6/53	36.77	4	22	0	-8.54
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2019	38	540	34	12.00	0	177	7/112	22.25	9	21	0	-10.25
TA Boult (NZ)	2015-2019	31	259	37*	13.63	0	131	6/30	27.56	4	24	0	-13.93
JM Anderson (ENG)	2015-2019	42	168	17	6.72	0	162	7/42	20.72	9	26	0	-14.00
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2015-2019	48	730	57*	12.37	0	159	6/17	27.71	3	19	0	-15.34
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2019	39	257	29	9.51	0	144	6/67	27.90	5	13	0	-18.39
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2015-2019	25	399	38*	11.08	0	142	8/41	30.40	12	12	0	-19.32
NM Lyon (AUS)	2015-2019	45	549	47	10.76	0	201	8/50	30.86	8	24	0	-20.09

 

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Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
RA Jadeja (INDIA)	2016-2019	25	1023	100*	44.47	1	123	7/48	24.93	4	15	0	19.54
R Ashwin (INDIA)	2016-2019	28	852	72	23.66	0	143	7/59	25.76	8	8	0	-2.10
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2019	24	584	63	18.25	0	116	6/23	21.74	3	10	0	-3.49
MM Ali (ENG)	2016-2019	30	1328	146	24.59	2	104	6/53	32.56	4	16	0	-7.97
MA Starc (AUS)	2016-2019	24	665	84	20.78	0	100	5/34	29.30	4	11	0	-8.51
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2019	30	445	34	11.41	0	148	6/54	21.83	6	20	0	-10.42
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2016-2018	20	422	67	14.55	0	101	8/63	25.98	8	3	0	-11.42
JM Anderson (ENG)	2016-2019	30	108	13*	5.68	0	112	7/42	21.38	6	16	0	-15.69
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2016-2019	19	280	38*	10.37	0	108	8/41	29.82	10	7	0	-19.45
NM Lyon (AUS)	2016-2019	34	431	47	10.26	0	152	8/50	31.61	8	14	0	-21.35

[R!TTER]

He's avg about 8 tests per year, par for course & 40 runs per test. His bowling avg has gone up but so has his batting, I think he should be playing at 6 in case we go with 5 bowlers next test or anytime at home!

[Straight Drive]

221 Test wickets and 2041 test runs.

 

Jadeja ends into the elite list of rare Indian test cricketers who have managed to have runs and wickets doubles in test format. Brilliant achievement.

[Serpico]

next stop, 2500 runs and 250 wickets. should be there by this time, next year 

[Serpico]

4 minutes ago, sarchasm said:

Unless things go utterly pear shaped, Jadeja could play another 50 test in the next 5 years. He used to miss out on a lot of tests abroad. Not going to be the case anymore if his batting form holds. Staggering to think he could finish with a record FAR superior to his contemporaries like Stokes who are talked about and celebrated quite a bit more.

we don't know how long this purple patch will continue. if he gets promoted to 5 in place of rahane, he can bag some 100s in this wtc cycle

[Trichromatic]

2 hours ago, Serpico said:

we don't know how long this purple patch will continue. if he gets promoted to 5 in place of rahane, he can bag some 100s in this wtc cycle

 

His batting form ain't purple patch though. 

[QuarantineTormentino]

What’s the all time runs + wickets record combo in tests?

[Trichromatic]

3 minutes ago, QuarantineTormentino said:

What’s the all time runs + wickets record combo in tests?

 

Depends on what combination you're looking for.

 

Has to be Kallis.

[QuarantineTormentino]

7 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

 

Depends on what combination you're looking for.

 

Has to be Kallis.

I think Kapil has the most balanced combo, 5000 runs and 400 wickets

[R!TTER]

Balance? It's 1 wicket for every 25-30 runs, because that's what the historical avg in test cricket has been! So let's say 400 wickets & 10-12k runs & no one's ever achieving that golden ratio