Batting-Bowling-Fielding; Ravindra Jadeja set a precedent by showing equal skill in all three departments, which no one else has achieved in the history of IPL.
A total of 5 cricketers have the achievement of taking more than 1000 runs and more than 100 wickets simultaneously in the history of IPL. Even two have taken more than 2000 runs and more than 100 wickets.
However, Ravindra Jadeja is the only cricketer, who has collected more than 1000 runs, more than 100 wickets in IPL and has also set a precedent of catching 100 catches.
Jadeja reached the milestone of 100 catches in IPL history with a pair of catches against Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday.
Apart from wicketkeepers, Jadeja became the fifth fielder in the history of IPL to take 100 catches. Before him, Virat Kohli (110), Suresh Raina (109), Kieron Pollard (103) and Rohit Sharma (100) have reached this milestone.
Together with Jadeja, all these five cricketers have scored more than 1000 runs in IPL. But none other than Jadeja could take 100 wickets.
Jadeja’s IPL records at a glance
1. Collected more than two and a half thousand (2776) runs with the bat.
2. Has taken more than one hundred and fifty (156) wickets with the ball.
3. Catches a total of 100.
4. So far four kills total 200.
5. Hit 100 sixes.
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