Ashwin And Jadeja Bowling Pair: It has not been an easy task for any team to beat the Indian team in Test format at home in the last decade. The biggest reason for this is to face the pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja on the spin track. The amazing performance of this pair has been seen so far in the ongoing series against Australia. Together, both have taken a total of 31 wickets in 2 Test matches.
The pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja has now reached the first place in terms of getting the most wickets in a match in world cricket. Together, both have played 45 Test matches so far, in which they have taken 462 wickets. Both bowlers have managed to get wickets at an average of around 10.27 per match. On the second place in this list is the pair of Australian cricket 2 veteran bowler Glenn McGrath and the late Shane Warne.
For any team, such a bowling pair proves to be a match winner for them. For this reason, teams are seen preparing fiercely against Ashwin and Jadeja before touring India. While both these bowlers keep constant pressure on the batsmen, along with getting wickets at crucial times, they also keep the team in the match.
Ashwin and Jadeja’s bowling average in India is very good
If Ravichandran Ashwin’s bowling record is seen in India, then he also looks very impressive. Ashwin has taken a total of 326 wickets in 53 Test matches played so far with an impressive average of 20.85. During this, where he has taken 5 wickets in an innings 25 times, he has also done the feat of taking 10 wickets in the match 6 times.
Talking about Ravindra Jadeja, he has now played 38 Test matches in home conditions, taking 189 wickets at an average of 19.81. So far, Jadeja has done the feat of taking 5 wickets in an innings 10 times in India, while he has also taken 10 wickets in the match 2 times.
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