Ravindra Jadeja moving towards records in ODI series against England

The ODI series between India and England is going to start from February 6. The Indian team will present its challenge under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will also be seen playing in this 3-match ODI series. He would like to perform well in this series before the Champions Trophy. Jadeja can make some records in this series, let's take a look at them.

According to Cricinfo, Jadeja has taken 39 wickets in 26 matches against England at an average of 24.41 and an economy rate of 4.77. He will become the highest wicket-taker in India-England matches as soon as he takes 2 more wickets. Let us tell you that James Anderson has taken 40 wickets in 31 matches. Jadeja has taken 25 wickets against England while playing at home at an average of 20.08.

In batting, Jadeja has scored 509 runs in 21 innings against England at an excellent average of 42.41. Meanwhile, he has scored 3 half-centuries with a highest score of 87 runs. If 36-year-old Jadeja takes even one wicket in the upcoming series, he will become the first all-rounder to score 500 runs in batting as well as take 40 wickets against England.

Jadeja is very close to completing 600 international wickets. The Indian all-rounder has taken 597 wickets in 351 matches so far in his international career. He is fifth in the list of Indian players with the most international wickets. He will join Indian legends like Anil Kumble, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh and Kapil Dev in the list of bowlers who have taken 600 wickets.

In his ODI career, Jadeja has played 197 matches, in which he has taken 220 wickets in bowling at an economy rate of 4.88. Meanwhile, he has also taken 5 wicket hauls in 2 innings. In batting, this left-handed batsman has scored 2,756 runs at an average of 32.42 with the help of 13 half-centuries. He is one of the select 11 players to score 2,500 runs in ODI cricket as well as take 200 wickets in bowling.

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