IND vs NZ: Ravindra Jadeja equals Abdul Qadir in elite club with five-wicket haul

IND vs NZ: Ravindra Jadeja finished with figures of 22-1-65-5 in the first innings of the Mumbai Test to help India bowl New Zealand out for 235 in 65.4 overs.

In Short

• Ravindra Jadeja picked up his 12th five-wicket haul at home in Tests
• Ravindra Jadeja finished with figures of 22-1-65-5
• India bowled New Zealand out for 235 in 65.4 overs

Ravindra Jadeja has equalled Abdul Qadir in the list of most five-wicket hauls by a spinner at home in Test cricket. On Friday, November 1, the left-arm spinner rattled New Zealand with his guile and trajectory in India’s third and final Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

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Jadeja finished with figures of 22-1-65-5. On the back of his spell, India bowled the Black Caps out for 235 in 65.4 overs after being asked to bowl first. In the list of most five-fors, Jadeja is currently joint-eighth with Qadir, who picked up 168 wickets from 40 Tests from 1977 to 1990.

Both Qadir and Jadeja have 12 five-wicket hauls in home Tests. Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan is on top of the list with 493 wickets and 45 five-wicket hauls from 73 Tests. Ravi Ashwin, Rangana Herath, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Warne and Shakib Al Hasan also feature in the list.

Most five-wicket hauls by a spinner in home Tests

Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 45

Ravi Ashwin (India) – 29

Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka) – 26

Anil Kumble (India) – 25

Harbhajan Singh (India) – 18

Shane Warne (Australia) – 15

Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) – 14

Abdul Qadir (Pakistan) – 12

Ravindra Jadeja (India) – 12

Ravindra Jadeja shining at Wankhede

Jadeja gave glimpses of his best after he picked up six wickets in the first two Tests in Bengaluru and Pune. But it was in Mumbai that Jadeja gave an account of his potential. He got the wicket of Will Young, who scored 71 off 138, to open his account. Thereafter, he made quick inroads into the Kiwis’ batting unit with the wickets of Tom Blundell, Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry.

Mitchell was looking good for a hundred, but he got out after scoring 82 runs off 129 balls with three fours and as many sixes. Washington Sundar lent Jadeja support by picking up four wickets.