RA Jadeja’s unique feat – becomes the first cricketer in the annals of test cricket to score a fifty in an innings of a test, capture ten wickets and pouch four catches in the same test
RA Jadeja’s all round performance of scoring 51 runs, capturing ten for 154 and pouching four catches in a match at Chennai in the recently concluded test against England makes him the only cricketer in the annals of test cricket to eke an all round performance of a fifty coupled with ten wickets in a test and taking four catches in a test.
The following table lists the 25 such occasions of all round performance by a cricketer in a test match of scoring a fifty coupled with ten or more wickets in a test – RA Jadeja’s feat providing the 25th such occasions
| No | Player | FI | SI | W | Conc | Ct | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | W Bates | 55 | – | 14 | 102 | 1 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1883 |
| 2 | H Trumble | 64* | – | 12 | 173 | 2 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 11 Aug 1902 |
| 3 | FE Woolley | 62 | – | 10 | 049 | 2 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 19 Aug 1912 |
| 4 | AK Davidson | – | 80 | 11 | 222 | 1 | Aus | Win | Brisbane | 09 Dec 1960 |
| 5 | KD Boyce | 72 | – | 11 | 147 | 0 | Win | Eng | The Oval | 26 Jul 1973 |
| 6 | AW Greig | 51 | – | 10 | 149 | 0 | Eng | NZl | Auckland | 20 Feb 1975 |
| 7 | JK Lever | 53 | – | 10 | 070 | 1 | Eng | Ind | Delhi | 17 Dec 1976 |
| 8 | N Kapil Dev | 84 | – | 11 | 146 | 1 | Ind | Pak | Chennai | 15 Jan 1980 |
| 9 | RJ Hadlee | 51 | – | 11 | 102 | 1 | NZl | Win | Dunedin | 08 Feb 1980 |
| 10 | IT Botham | 114 | – | 13 | 106 | 0 | Eng | Ind | Mumbai | 15 Feb 1980 |
| 11 | Imran Khan | 117 | – | 11 | 180 | 0 | Pak | Ind | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 |
| 12 | MD Marshall | 63 | – | 11 | 120 | 1 | Win | NZl | Bridgetown | 26 Apr 1985 |
| 13 | RJ Hadlee | 54 | – | 15 | 123 | 2 | NZl | Aus | Brisbane | 08 Nov 1985 |
| 14 | RJ Hadlee | 68 | – | 10 | 140 | 0 | NZl | Eng | Nottingham | 07 Aug 1986 |
| 15 | AR Border | 75 | – | 11 | 096 | 0 | Aus | Win | Sydney | 26 Jan 1989 |
| 16 | DJ Nash | 56 | – | 11 | 169 | 2 | NZl | Eng | Lord’s | 16 Jun 1994 |
| 17 | PS de Villiers | 66* | – | 10 | 108 | 2 | SAF | Pak | Johannesburg | 19 Jan 1995 |
| 18 | MG Bevan | 85* | – | 10 | 113 | 1 | Aus | Win | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1997 |
| 19 | CL Cairns | 72 | – | 10 | 100 | 1 | NZl | Win | Hamilton | 16 Dec 1999 |
| 20 | DL Vettori | – | 51 | 10 | 183 | 0 | NZl | Srl | Wellington | 15 Dec 2006 |
| 21 | DW Steyn | 76 | – | 10 | 154 | 0 | SAF | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2008 |
| 22 | Shakib Al Hasan | 137 | – | 10 | 124 | 0 | Ban | Zim | Khulna | 03 Nov 2014 |
| 23 | MD Craig | 65 | – | 10 | 203 | 2 | NZl | Pak | Sharjah | 26 Nov 2014 |
| 24 | MDK Perera | – | 64 | 10 | 099 | 1 | Srl | Aus | Galle | 04 Aug 2016 |
| 25 | RA Jadeja | 51 | – | 10 | 154 | 4 | Ind | Eng | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |
RA Jadeja became the second cricketer to perform the feat of scoring a fifty coupled with ten plus wickets in a test after Kapil Dev. Both the performance is listed below. Interestingly enough both the cricketers chose Chennai as venue
| No | Player | FI | SI | W | Conc | Ct | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | N Kapil Dev | 84 | – | 11 | 146 | 1 | Ind | Pak | Chennai | 15 Jan 1980 |
| 2 | RA Jadeja | 51 | – | 10 | 154 | 4 | Ind | Eng | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |
RA Jadeja became the fifth cricketer to accomplish such a feat against England. All such occasions are listed below. RA Jadeja earns the distinction of performing the feat on home soil, while all the other occasions have come in English soil – that is the away soil for the bowler
| No | Player | FI | SI | W | Conc | Ct | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | H Trumble | 64* | – | 12 | 173 | 2 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 11 Aug 1902 |
| 2 | KD Boyce | 72 | – | 11 | 147 | 0 | Win | Eng | The Oval | 26 Jul 1973 |
| 3 | RJ Hadlee | 68 | – | 10 | 140 | 0 | NZl | Eng | Nottingham | 07 Aug 1986 |
| 4 | DJ Nash | 56 | – | 11 | 169 | 2 | NZl | Eng | Lord’s | 16 Jun 1994 |
| 5 | RA Jadeja | 51 | – | 10 | 154 | 4 | Ind | Eng | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |