Ravindra Jadeja, the all-rounder who filled India’s vacuum of number 7 batting in Test cricket, has created history. He becomes the longest-reigning Test all-rounder in the history of Test cricket by dethroning West Indies’ Jason Holder. This milestone was achieved in 1,151 days. The captain of the current Test number 1 team, Pat Cummins, finds himself in the fourth spot in the Men’s Test ranking. With a 400 rating in Test cricket as all-rounder, Jadeja finds himself at the top of the podium while Australia’s Pat Cummins rests in the fourth place with a rating of 275.
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Jadeja Test Career
In his Test career so far, Ravindra Jadeja has played 80 Test matches to date and scored 3,370 runs, averaging 35. Ravindra Jadeja has played 219 fours and 49 sixes in his Test career. He was playing his latest Test match against Australia in January 2025 in the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia, scoring 26 runs off 95 deliveries. His outstanding performance with the ball also fetches him well-deserved applause. In 80 matches, he took a total of 323 wickets, at 7/42 and 10/110 being his best performance in an innings and a match, respectively.
His Test numbers since March 2022
Remarkably, Jadeja has edged great all-rounders such as Jacques Kallis, Kapil Dev, and Imran Khan to head this elite list. The 36-year-old has been on top of his all-around game in his most recent stint as the world’s number one all-rounder. Since the March of 2022, he scored 1,175 runs from 23 tests with an average of 36.71 with the help of one ton and five fifties. Through his left-arm spin, he has taken 91 wickets at a mind-blowing average of 22.34 (5W and so on). 6, 10WM: 2).
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Pat Cummins Test Career
So far, in his Test career to date, Pat Cummins has played 67 matches in his Test career and he has taken a total of 294 wickets at an average of 22.44 runs per wicket while conceding just under 2.91 runs per over, with the best ever individual figures of 6 for 23. In these 67 appearances in the matches, Cummins has been able to score 6597 runs for his team.
