England – India : First Test at Nottingham – Third day

England – India : First Test at Nottingham – Third day

RA Jadeja of India completed 2000 runs of his test career when he was on 15 during the course of his innings in India’s first innings in the Nottingham test against England on the third day. Having already captured 221 wickets, he joined the elite list of all round cricketers who have completed the “Double of 2000 runs plus 200 wickets. At the end of India’s innings in this test, he has score 2041 runs. He became the 21st all rounder and also fifth Indian cricketer in the annals of test cricket to perform the feat. The following table furnished the list arranged in the descending order of wickets

NoPlayerTeamSpanMatRunsWkts
1JH KallisSAF1995-201316613289292
2GS SobersWin1954-19740938032235
3N Kapil DevInd1978-19941315248434
4IT BothamEng1977-19921025200383
5DL VettoriNZl1997-20141134531362
6S Al HasanBan2007-20210583933215
7A FlintoffEng1998-20090793845226
8Imran KhanPak1971-19920883807362
9SM PollockSAF1995-20081083781421
10SCJ BroadEng2007-20211493370523
11CL CairnsNZl1989-20040623320218
12SK WarneAus1992-20071453154708
13RJ HadleeNZl1973-19900863124431
14WPUJC VaasSrl1994-20091113089355
15Wasim AkramPak1985-20021042898414
16R AshwinInd2011-20210792685413
17A KumbleInd1990-20081322506619
18Harbhajan  Ind1998-20151032224417
19R BenaudAus1952-19640632201248
20MG JohnsonAus2007-20150732065313
21RA JadejaInd2012-20210532041221

NoPlayerTeamSpanMatRunsWkts
1N Kapil DevInd1978-19941315248434
2R AshwinInd2011-20210792685413
3A KumbleInd1990-20081322506619
4Harbhajan  Ind1998-20151032224417
5RA JadejaInd2012-20210532041221

RA Jadeja became the seventh left arm all rounder and also the first Indian left arm all rounder to perform the feat of scoring 2000 plus runs and 200 plus wickets

NoPlayerTeamSpanMatRunsWkts
1GS SobersWin1954-19740938032235
2DL VettoriNZl1997-20141134531362
3S Al HasanBan2007-20210583933215
4WPUJC VaasSrl1994-20091113089355
5Wasim AkramPak1985-20021042898414
6MG JohnsonAus2007-20150732065313
7RA JadejaInd2012-20210532041221

RA Jadeja became the sixth left arm spin all rounder and also the first Indian left arm spin all rounder to perform the feat of scoring 2000 plus runs and 200 plus wickets after GS Sobers of West Indies.

NoPlayerTeamSpanMatRunsWkts
1GS SobersWin1954-19740938032235
2S Al HasanBan2007-20210583933215
3RA JadejaInd2012-20210532041221

RA Jadeja became the 41st Indian batsman to score 2000 plus runs in his test career. He also became the fifth Indian left arm batsman to score 2000 plus runs.  Others are – SC Ganguly {7212}, G Gambhir {4154}, S Dhawan {2315}, and AL Wadekar {2113}.

KL Rahul’s 84 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 616 runs against England. He became the 35th Indian batsman to total 600 plus runs against England.

OE Robinson captured five for 85 in India’s first innings of this test to provide the 65th occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against India. It also provides the 35th occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against India in England

OE Robinson captured five for 85 in India’s first innings of this test to provide the fourth occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against India at Nottingham

NoPlayerWktsIOppGroundMon/Year
1JB Statham5-323IndNottinghamJun 1959
2SCJ Broad6-462IndNottinghamJul 2011
3TT Bresnan5-484IndNottinghamJul 2011
4OE Robinson5-852IndNottinghamAug 2021

KL Rahul and RA Jadeja posted their 17th fifty of their test career when they scored 84 and 56 respectively in India’s innings. Their fifties also represent the third and fifth fifties against England.

JJ Bumrah scored 28 in India’s innings to provide the fifth occasion of Indian batsman scoring 28 plus runs while batting at number ten against England in England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1SK Sharma384EngLord’sJul 1990
2KS More36*1EngLeedsJun 1986
3Venkataraghavan282EngBirminghamJul 1979
4PL Mhambrey281EngBirminghamJun 1996
5JJ Bumrah282EngNottinghamAug 2021

JJ Bumrah scored a boundary six in his knock of 28 in India’s innings to provide the second occasion of Indian batsman scoring a boundary six while batting at number ten against England in England. Prior to this S Venkataraghavan had scored two boundary sixes in his knock of 28 while battinng at number ten at Birmingham in Jul 1979 All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRuns6sIOppGroundMon/Year
1Venkataraghavan2822EngBirminghamJul 1979
2JJ Bumrah2812EngNottinghamAug 2021
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