Ravindra Jadeja scripted history on the first day of the third Border Gavaskar Trophy Test match at Holkar stadium in Indore on Wednesday (March 1). The 34-year-old all-rounder became only the second Indian, after World Cup-winning legend Kapil Dev, to complete a double of 500 wickets and 5000 runs for India.
Jadeja dismissed Australian batter Travis Head on the fourth ball of his first over to complete 500 wickets in international cricket, completing the double of 5000 runs and 500 wickets.
The 34-year-old all-rounder is second Indian after World Cup winning legendary captain Kapil Dev to complete a double of 500 wickets and also scored 5000 runs for India.
Jadeja has been on fire for Team India in the 2023 Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Austalia. The star players has made an excellent comeback after recovering for knee injury. The star cricketer was out of action since August 2022.
The left-handed batting all-rounder has played in a total of 63 Tests, 171 ODIs and 64 T20Is for India in which he has so far scored 2623, 2447 and 457 runs respectively.
Overall, he became the 11th player to get the milestone.
Kapil Dev was the first Indian to achieve this feat.