All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja picked up five wickets in both innings of the third test of the New Zealand tour of India 2024 at Wankhede Stadium.
The left warmer finished up with the figures of 5/55 in the second innings following up his 5/65 in the first innings. With his fifer, India bundled out New Zealand for 174 runs. and India were set a target of 147 runs by the Kiwis to win the third test.
This was Jadeja’s third ten-wicket haul which made him move to the fourth position in the elite list of Indian players to have the most ten-wicket haul in tests.
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Only Ravichandran Ashwin and Anil Kumble are having 8 ten-wicket haul in the format.
Most 10-wicket hauls for India in Tests
- Anil Kumble – 8
- R. Ashwin – 8*
- Harbhajan Singh – 5
- Ravindra Jadeja – 3*
- Kapil Dev – 2
- Irfan Pathan – 2
After Latham was dismissed for 1 run in the first over, Conway’s dismissal paid the way for Kiwi’s batting lineup failure. However, Will Young smashed a half-century, but other batters failed to keep the momentum as they lost their wickets at the hands of the India bowlers.
With Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips scoring 21 and 26 runs, New Zealand scored 174 runs in their second innings and kept a cheesy target for the hosts. But India struggled to score runs as they lost five wickets for 29 runs.
Only Rishabh Pant smashed a half-century and balanced the side. Meanwhile, Jaiswal was dismissed for 5 runs by Glenn Phillips while Matt Henry removed Rohit Sharma for 11 runs.
Ajaz Patel picked the wickets of Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan and Ravindra Jadeja for single-digit scores. With a partnership from Pant and Sundar, India is hoping for a win at Wankhede.
