Ravindra Jadeja creates history in Colombo, becomes first Indian to achieve this feat

Ravindra Jadeja entered the record books on Sunday, becoming the first Indian cricketer to feature in 50 World Test Championship matches.

The 37-year-old all-rounder from Jamnagar, Gujarat, reached the landmark when India took on Sri Lanka in the second and final Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo.

India’s most appearances in WTC

PlayerMatchesRunsBest100sWicketsBest figures5WCatchesRavindra Jadeja502,63217551607/42618Virat Kohli462,61725450–049Mohammed Siraj471671601416/15522Jasprit Bumrah423343401856/271314Ravichandran Ashwin411,14211321957/711113Rishabh Pant422,8851466–––124Shubman Gill422,867269100–032Rohit Sharma402,71621290–043Cheteshwar Pujara351,769102*10–021KL Rahul352,2651376––Jadeja’s milestone came on a day when India made one change to the XI for the Colombo Test. Off-spinning all-rounder Saransh Jain was handed his debut, replacing Kuldeep Yadav, who missed the match due to an infection.

Jain received his India debut cap from Jadeja during the team huddle before play began.

India won the toss for the second successive Test and opted to bat first. They lead the two-match series 1-0 after beating Sri Lanka by 165 runs in Galle.

Playing XIs:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Saransh Jain, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna

Sri Lanka: Lahiru Udara, Kamil Mishara, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Keshara Nuwantha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, and Asitha Fernando