Ravindra Jadeja played an inning of 104 runs on 194 balls.
Reflexes
- Jadeja scored his third career century in the Test
- Ravindra Jadeja arrives in the first century abroad
- Ravindra Jadeja scored second century in 2022
The all-round star of the Indian team, Ravindra Jadeja, made a spectacular comeback in Game 5 of the Test series against England after injury. He marked the third century of his Test career at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. Also this is the second century of him this year. In this inning, Jadeja also shared a 222-run partnership for sixth wicket with Rishabh Pant, who scored 146 runs in this inning. Both of India’s left-handed batsmen batted brilliantly and drove innings after dropping by 5 wickets for 98 runs.
Prior to this, only twice in the history of Indian Test cricket have two left-handed batsmen scored a century in an innings. The last time this happened was against Pakistan in 2007 when Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh scored centuries. For the first time in 1999, S. Ramesh and Sourav Ganguly did this against New Zealand in 1999. Now for the third time in the Birmingham Test against England, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja achieved this feat. This is also Jadeja’s first century on foreign soil.
Two left-handed batsmen (Indians) to score a century in one inning
- yes Ramesh (110) and Sourav Ganguly (125) against New Zealand, Ahmedabad 1999
- Sourav Ganguly (239) and Yuvraj Singh (169) against Pakistan, Bangalore 2007
- Rishabh Pant (146) and Ravindra Jadeja (104) vs England, Birmingham 2022*
Jadeja scored the second century of the year
Ravindra Jadeja played a brilliant inning of 104 runs on 194 balls in this inning. This was his second test century this year. In his overall career, he has so far scored three test centuries. His highest score in the test is 175, not outside of which he did against Sri Lanka. After this inning, Jadeja also completed 2,500 runs in 88 innings of 60 test matches.
At the same time, Jadeja also became the fourth player to score two centuries in one year while batting at number 7 or below for India. Before him, Kapil Dev (1986), MS Dhoni (2009) and Harbhajan Singh (2010) had done it. The Indian team reached 416 races thanks to entries from him and Rishabh Pant. In the last one, captain Jasprit Bumrah scored an unbeaten 31 from 16 balls.