Delhi: Indian all -rounder Ravindra Jadeja is in great form in the current England Test series. He has scored half -centuries in four consecutive innings. Now Jadeja is very close to making a special record. If they score 58 runs in the series, then in England, batting number-6 or below, they will only become the second batsman to score 1000 Test runs. Till now, this achievement is achieved only by the great West Indies cricketer Gary Sobers, who scored 1097 runs playing on this position in England.

In this series, Jadeja has so far scored 327 runs in three Tests at an average of 109. He has become the third Indian batsman after Sourav Ganguly and Rishabh Pant, who scored 50 or more runs in four consecutive innings in England.

Jadeja’s test career

So far, Jadeja has scored 3697 runs in 83 Tests at an average of 36.97. He has 4 centuries and 26 half -centuries. His performance in bowling has also been excellent. Jadeja has taken 326 wickets as left arm spinner so far.

Jadeja’s combative innings in Lord’s Test

In the second innings of Lord’s Test, Jadeja scored an unbeaten 61 off 181 balls. He tried his best to win Team India with Jaspreet Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj. With Bumrah, he added 35 runs for the ninth wicket and 23 runs for the last wicket with Siraj. However, India lost this match by 22 runs.

With this defeat, India has lagged behind 1-2 in the five-match series. The first Test took place in the leads in which India lost by 5 wickets. The second Test was played in Birmingham where India won by 336 runs. Now the fourth Test will be played from 23 July at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester.