Veteran all-rounder on brink of elite milestone

Ravindra Jadeja has been a mainstay of India's Test setup for more than a decade, and the veteran all-rounder is now on the verge of another major milestone in his illustrious red-ball career. Jadeja enters the 2026 Test series against Sri Lanka with 348 wickets and 4,095 runs from 89 Tests.

With just two wickets needed to reach the 350-wicket mark, the first Test in Galle could see him achieve a landmark that would further cement his place among India's greatest Test all-rounders. His 348 Test wickets have come at an impressive average of 25.12, with 15 five-wicket hauls and a best match haul of 10/154.

Jadeja has already entered rare territory with the bat and ball. He completed 4,000 Test runs in November 2025, becoming only the fourth player in Test history to combine 4,000-plus runs with more than 300 wickets. The exclusive club previously featured India's Kapil Dev, England's Ian Botham and New Zealand's Daniel Vettori.

If Jadeja takes his next two wickets in Galle, he will become only the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to complete the combination of 4,000-plus Test runs and 350 wickets. Kapil finished his career with 5,248 Test runs and 434 wickets in 131 matches. Jadeja, however, would become the first Indian spin-bowling all-rounder to achieve the 4,000-run and 350-wicket double.

He arrives in form with the ball, too. As India begin their two-Test series against Sri Lanka in Galle on August 15, Jadeja needs only two wickets to become the fifth Indian bowler to reach 350 Test wickets — a feat that underlines his remarkable consistency across more than a decade in whites.