RA Jadeja’s unique record – becomes the first cricketer to score 500 plus runs, capture 50 plus wickets and pouch ten catches in a season

RA Jadeja’s unique record – becomes the first cricketer to score 500 plus runs, capture 50 plus wickets and pouch ten catches in a season

RA Jadeja of India became the third cricketer to score 500 plus runs and capture 50 plus wickets in a season after Kapil Dev of India and MG Johnson of Australia. RA Jadeja has scored 556 runs and captured 71 wickets in 2016-17 season. The following table lists the performance of these three all round cricketers.

Player Team Mat Runs 100 W BBI 5 Ct St Season
RA Jadeja Ind 13 556 0 71 7/48 4 10 0 2016/17
N Kapil Dev Ind 13 535 0 63 7/56 5 6 0 1979/80
MG Johnson Aus 12 527 1 60 8/61 2 3 0 2008/09

RA Jadeja’s 556 runs and 71 wickets in 2016-17 season represent the most runs scored and most wickets captured in a seson by a cricketer in  the history of test cricket

RA Jadeja pouched ten catches in this season to make his performance more special. He became the only cricketer in the entire test history to score 500 plus runs, capture 50 plus wickets and pouch ten catches. His runs, wickets and catches are records in their respective category

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