Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin Total Wickets: Ravichandran Ashwin, who was chosen as the Player of the Match after India’s victory over Bangladesh in the first Test match. Ashwin scored a century in this encounter and also took 6 wickets in the second innings. On the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja took a total of 5 wickets in the match apart from playing an innings of 86 runs. These two all-rounders have been a major strength of Team India in international cricket for more than a decade. If you look at their statistics together, you will be shocked.
1,312 wickets taken together
Talking about Ashwin, he played his first international match for India in the year 2010. He has played a total of 281 matches in all three formats, in which he has taken 744 wickets. Also, Ashwin is one of the highest wicket-takers in Test cricket. On the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja joined Team India in the year 2009. Apart from scoring many centuries in domestic cricket, he also performed brilliantly for India after taking wickets. Jadeja has taken a total of 568 wickets in an international career of 343 matches. That is, Ashwin and Jadeja together have taken 1,312 wickets.
Ashwin-Jadeja pair is also top-class in batting
The Ashwin-Jadeja pair has been the strength of the Indian team not only in bowling but also in batting. Ashwin stunned everyone by scoring 103 runs against West Indies in the third innings of his Test career. He has so far scored 4,313 runs in international cricket by scoring 6 centuries and 15 fifties. Although Jadeja is behind Ashwin in Test records, he has a total of 6,393 runs in all three formats. The Ashwin and Jadeja pair have together scored 10,706 runs in batting.
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