Jadeja seventh Indian to take 300 Test wickets
Jadeja had Mahmud caught and bowled to bring an end to Bangladesh's first innings on day four. Bangladesh were bowled out for 233 shortly after lunch
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Kanpur, 30 Sept
Ravindra
Jadeja on Monday became the seventh Indian to take 300 Test wickets when he
dismissed Khaled Mahmud in the second game against Bangladesh here.
Jadeja had
Mahmud caught and bowled to bring an end to Bangladesh's first innings on day
four. Bangladesh were bowled out for 233 shortly after lunch.
The other
Indian bowlers who have taken 300 Test wickets or more include table leader
Anil Kumble (619), R Ashwin (524), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (417),
Ishant Sharma (311) and Zaheer Khan (311).
With his
feat in his 74th match, Jadeja also became the second quickest to complete the
double of 300 wickets and 3000 runs in Test cricket behind England great Ian
Botham.-PTI
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