Two of India’s premier batsmen, Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul, are marching towards the 4,000-run mark in Test cricket ahead of the second Test between India and the West Indies at New Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium from October 10 onwards.
The second Test of the series will start on Friday onwards, India being already 1-0 up.
Jadeja, with a dazzling 104 not out in the last Ahmedabad Test and bagging the ‘Player of the Match’ award alongside picking up a four-wicket haul 10 runs shy of the milestone, is just 10 runs away. In 86 Tests, he has amassed 3,990 runs at an average of 38.73, with six centuries and 27 fifties.
The all-rounder is absolutely in red-hot form this year, clocking 659 runs in just seven Tests and 13 innings with an average of 82.37, including two centuries and five fifties. The 516-run series in England and several critical contributions have seen the all-rounder deliver on an almost unprecedented hot streak that doesn’t appear set to end anytime soon.
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KL, who got a century in a home Test after a drought of nine long years at Ahmedabad, would be going in with the very streak of his. Right now, he stands at 3,889 runs in 64 Tests joining hands with 112 innings and is at an average of 36.00, inclusive of 11 centuries and 19 fifties. He scored 199 being his best so far. The next 111 runs would make him a part of the exclusive club.
The beautiful right-hander is at the peak of his game in the Test format this year as he has scored 649 runs in seven Tests and 13 innings, with an average close to 50 and three centuries and two fifties to his name and the highest score being 137. He had a 532-run series against England, making him the best Test series player this year, among the Indian circuit.
