By Gaurang
October 14 2018
Once called a non-wicket taking bowler by the legendary Erapalli Prasanna early in his career, Jadeja now has 185 wickets in 39 Tests to Prasanna's own 189 in 49 Tests... So even legends can be fooled. Look at his numbers and compare them to all left arm bowlers pace or spin who have taken 100 or more Test wickets...
You find he has the HIGHEST number of wickets at the 39 Test stage.... and in case you are wondering where those who have more career Test wickets than him were in their 39th Test compared to the 185 wickets that Jadeja has scalped... Here is the list of ALL TIME GREATS with more wickets than him who TRAIL BEHIND HIM...in descending order of number of wickets in their 39th Test...
Mitchell Johnson 166
Alan Davidson 162
Derek Underwood 149
Rangana Herath and Trent Boult 147
Bishan Singh Bedi 146
Wasim Akram 143
Shakib al Hasan 142
Daniel Vettori 130
WPUJC Vaas 121
Zaheer Khan 106
Sir Garfield Sobers 66
HMRKB Herath (SL) |
1999-2018 |
92 |
168 |
25705 |
12020 |
430 |
9/127 |
14/184 |
27.95 |
2.80 |
59.7 |
34 |
9 |
Wasim Akram (PAK) |
1985-2002 |
104 |
181 |
22627 |
9779 |
414 |
7/119 |
11/110 |
23.62 |
2.59 |
54.6 |
25 |
5 |
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) |
1997-2014 |
113 |
187 |
28814 |
12441 |
362 |
7/87 |
12/149 |
34.36 |
2.59 |
79.5 |
20 |
3 |
WPUJC Vaas (SL) |
1994-2009 |
111 |
194 |
23438 |
10501 |
355 |
7/71 |
14/191 |
29.58 |
2.68 |
66.0 |
12 |
2 |
MG Johnson (AUS) |
2007-2015 |
73 |
140 |
16001 |
8891 |
313 |
8/61 |
12/127 |
28.40 |
3.33 |
51.1 |
12 |
3 |
Z Khan (INDIA) |
2000-2014 |
92 |
165 |
18785 |
10247 |
311 |
7/87 |
10/149 |
32.94 |
3.27 |
60.4 |
11 |
1 |
DL Underwood (ENG) |
1966-1982 |
86 |
151 |
21862 |
7674 |
297 |
8/51 |
13/71 |
25.83 |
2.10 |
73.6 |
17 |
6 |
BS Bedi (INDIA) |
1966-1979 |
67 |
118 |
21364 |
7637 |
266 |
7/98 |
10/194 |
28.71 |
2.14 |
80.3 |
14 |
1 |
GS Sobers (WI) |
1954-1974 |
93 |
159 |
21599 |
7999 |
235 |
6/73 |
8/80 |
34.03 |
2.22 |
91.9 |
6 |
0 |
TA Boult (NZ) |
2011-2018 |
54 |
102 |
12063 |
5987 |
215 |
6/32 |
10/80 |
27.84 |
2.97 |
56.1 |
6 |
1 |
Shakib Al Hasan (BDESH) |
2007-2018 |
53 |
89 |
12488 |
6250 |
196 |
7/36 |
10/124 |
31.88 |
3.00 |
63.7 |
18 |
2 |
AK Davidson (AUS) |
1953-1963 |
44 |
82 |
11587 |
3819 |
186 |
7/93 |
12/124 |
20.53 |
1.97 |
62.2 |
14 |
2 |
RA Jadeja (INDIA) |
2012-2018 |
39 |
75 |
10946 |
4348 |
185 |
7/48 |
10/154 |
23.50 |
2.38 |
59.1 |
9 |
1 |
MA Starc (AUS) |
2011-2018 |
44 |
84 |
9240 |
5236 |
183 |
6/50 |
11/94 |
28.61 |
3.40 |
50.4 |
9 |
1 |
GAR Lock (ENG) |
1952-1968 |
49 |
88 |
13147 |
4451 |
174 |
7/35 |
11/48 |
25.58 |
2.03 |
75.5 |
9 |
3 |
Iqbal Qasim (PAK) |
1976-1988 |
50 |
86 |
13019 |
4807 |
171 |
7/49 |
11/118 |
28.11 |
2.21 |
76.1 |
8 |
2 |
MS Panesar (ENG) |
2006-2013 |
50 |
85 |
12475 |
5797 |
167 |
6/37 |
11/210 |
34.71 |
2.78 |
74.7 |
12 |
2 |
MH Mankad (INDIA) |
1946-1959 |
44 |
70 |
14686 |
5236 |
162 |
8/52 |
13/131 |
32.32 |
2.13 |
90.6 |
8 |
2 |
WA Johnston (AUS) |
1947-1955 |
40 |
75 |
11048 |
3826 |
160 |
6/44 |
9/183 |
23.91 |
2.07 |
69.0 |
7 |
0 |
RJ Shastri (INDIA) |
1981-1992 |
80 |
125 |
15751 |
6185 |
151 |
5/75 |
8/179 |
40.96 |
2.35 |
104.3 |
2 |
0 |
H Verity (ENG) |
1931-1939 |
40 |
73 |
11173 |
3510 |
144 |
8/43 |
15/104 |
24.37 |
1.88 |
77.5 |
5 |
2 |
AF Giles (ENG) |
1998-2006 |
54 |
88 |
12180 |
5806 |
143 |
5/57 |
9/122 |
40.60 |
2.86 |
85.1 |
5 |
0 |
PR Adams (SA) |
1995-2004 |
45 |
76 |
8850 |
4405 |
134 |
7/128 |
10/106 |
32.87 |
2.98 |
66.0 |
4 |
1 |
W Rhodes (ENG) |
1899-1930 |
58 |
90 |
8225 |
3425 |
127 |
8/68 |
15/124 |
26.96 |
2.49 |
64.7 |
6 |
1 |
PH Edmonds (ENG) |
1975-1987 |
51 |
84 |
12028 |
4273 |
125 |
7/66 |
7/66 |
34.18 |
2.13 |
96.2 |
2 |
0 |
TL Goddard (SA) |
1955-1970 |
41 |
75 |
11736 |
3226 |
123 |
6/53 |
8/92 |
26.22 |
1.64 |
95.4 |
5 |
0 |
PCR Tufnell (ENG) |
1990-2001 |
42 |
70 |
11288 |
4560 |
121 |
7/47 |
11/93 |
37.68 |
2.42 |
93.2 |
5 |
2 |
KD Ghavri (INDIA) |
1974-1981 |
39 |
69 |
7036 |
3656 |
109 |
5/33 |
7/120 |
33.54 |
3.11 |
64.5 |
4 |
0 |
N Boje (SA) |
2000-2006 |
43 |
72 |
8620 |
4265 |
100 |
5/62 |
8/134 |
42.65 |
2.96 |
86.2 |
3 |
0 |
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