India went into the match with four pacers (Zaheer Khan, Vinay Kumar, Irfan Pathan and Umesh Yadav) after more than 17 months ...

This win was India’s seventh against Australia under MS Dhoni. In all Test cricket, only three captains – West Indies’ Clive Lloyd (12), England’s Mike Brearley (11) and WG Grace (8) – have won more ...

All 20 Australian wickets were taken by spinners – 12 by R Ashwin, 5 by Ravindra Jadeja and 3 by Harbhajan Singh. This provided only the sixth instance in Test history when spinners took all 20 ...

R Ashwin ended the series with 29 wickets against his name – the third best performance by an Indian bowler in a series against Australia. Harbhajan Singh took 32 wickets in the three-match series in ...

Ravindra Jadeja’s figures of 4/87 are the best by an Indian left-arm spinner in South Africa. Venkatapathy Raju’s 3/73 at Port Elizabeth in 1992-93 was the previous best. The last Indian left-arm ...

Ravindra Jadeja’s wicket of Lendl Simmons was his 50 th in ODIs in the year 2013. He became the first bowler to reach this mark this year. Jadeja is also only the third Indian to take 50 wickets in a ...

Ajinkya Rahane (51*) made his maiden Test 50 in his third Test. Jacques Kallis completed 200 catches in Test cricket when he caught Ravindra Jadeja off the bowling of JP Duminy. He became only the ...

R Ashwin (65) scored his maiden ODI 50 in his 73rd ODI. MS Dhoni (50), R Ashwin (65) and Ravindra Jadeja (66*) provided the first instance of Nos.6, 7 and 8 scoring 50s in same innings in an ODI.

Ravindra Jadeja did not bowl in Saurashtra's win over Assam to provide younger players with experience, as confirmed by coach Niraj Odedra. Jadeja is fit and batted, but with two other left-arm ...

The three-pronged pace attack used the bounce to their advantage and complemented by the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, they had the opposition tottering on 85 for 7 in the 25th ...

Later, Ravindra Jadeja’s (47 off 29 balls) late onslaught ensured the MS Dhoni-led side posted a massive total, which the bowlers successfully defended by striking at regular intervals. Put in to bat, ...

And an over later, Sharma returned to claim Shoaib Malik in the powerplay, while Ravindra Jadeja followed up with the wicket of Umar Akmal. Sensing a chance, the Indians stepped up the pressure.