ENG vs IND: Ravindra Jadeja reached the 5th position in terms of taking the most wickets in international cricket for India, leaving Zaheer behind

In the third test match of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test series being played at Lord’s, Indian team’s experienced all-rounder and spin bowler Ravindra Jadeja has achieved a special feat. Let us tell you that now Jadeja has reached the fifth position in terms of taking the most wickets for Team India in international cricket.

Jadeja achieved this special feat after dismissing Ollie Pope (44) on the first day of the Lord’s Test match. Earlier, he had 610 wickets in international cricket and was jointly at number five with former Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan. But now Jadeja has overtaken Zaheer.

At the same time, Anil Kumble is at number one in terms of taking the most wickets in international cricket for Team India, who took a total of 956 wickets during his career. Apart from this, R Ashwin is second with 765 wickets, Harbhajan Singh is third with 711 wickets and Kapil Dev is fourth with 687 wickets.

Most wickets by an Indian in international cricket

• 956 – Anil Kumble

• 765 – Ravichandran Ashwin

• 711 – Harbhajan Singh

• 687 – Kapil Dev

• 611* – Ravindra Jadeja

• 610 – Zaheer Khan

England scored 251 runs on the first day of the Lord’s Test

On the other hand, if we tell you about the first day of the third Test match being played between England and India at Lord’s, England won the toss and decided to bat. At the end of the first day’s play, England have scored a total of 251 runs at the loss of 4 wickets after batting 83 overs in the first innings. Joe Root is currently at the crease with 99* and Ben Stokes with 39* runs.

Jack Crowley is out after scoring 18, Ben Duckett 23, Ollie Pope 44 and Harry Brook 11 runs. Whereas, from the Indian bowling side, Nitish Kumar Reddy has taken 2 wickets while Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have taken 1 wicket each.