Archive · 18 Aug 2026
England legend Boycott hails Jadeja after rare Test double
Ravindra Jadeja is a cricket player who does two jobs: he bats and he bowls.
In a big cricket match called a Test match, he reached a very special milestone.
He has now scored 4,000 runs and taken 350 wickets in Test cricket.
Only three other players in history have done this.
Their names are Kapil Dev, Ian Botham, and Daniel Vettori.
Jadeja is now the fourth player to join this special club.
A famous former England player named Geoffrey Boycott praised Jadeja.
Boycott called Jadeja his favourite present-day cricketer.
Jadeja achieved this during a match against Sri Lanka in Galle.
This is a very rare and impressive achievement.
Ravindra Jadeja became only the fourth Test player to achieve 4000 runs and 350 wickets.
The landmark was reached during the Galle Test against Sri Lanka on Monday.
England batting legend Geoffrey Boycott praised Jadeja for the achievement.
Jadeja joined Kapil Dev, Ian Botham and Daniel Vettori in the exclusive all-rounder club.
Jadeja has the highest batting average and best bowling average among the four.
- Who
- Ravindra Jadeja, the India all-rounder, praised by England legend Geoffrey Boycott
- What
- Became only the fourth Test player to achieve 4000 runs and 350 wickets
- When
- Monday, during the Galle Test
- Where
- Galle, in the Test against Sri Lanka
- Why
- His three-wicket haul in the Galle Test took him past the 350-wicket mark alongside his 4000-plus Test runs
- Player
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Achievement
- 4000 Test runs and 350 Test wickets
- Milestone
- Only fourth player in Test history to achieve the double
- Match
- Galle Test against Sri Lanka
- Date
- Monday
- Wicket haul
- Three wickets
- Club members
- Kapil Dev, Ian Botham, Daniel Vettori
- Praised by
- Geoffrey Boycott