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India's number 1 all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja won Player of the Match award for the 10th time in Test cricket as he went on to score a century (112) with bar and pick five-wicket haul (5/41 & 2/51) with the ball also respectively. Ravindra Jadeja has achieved the feat of recording both a century and a five-wicket haul in Test cricket for the second time, hence here in this article, we will have a look at the list of Indian players who have scored a century and a five-wicket haul in same Test match.
Indians to score a century & pick a five-wicket haul in a Test match:
- Vinoo Mankad vs England in Lord's, 1952
- Polly Umrigar vs West Indies in Port of Spain, 1962
- Ravichandran Ashwin vs West Indies in Mumbai-WS, 2011
- Ravichandran Ashwin vs West Indies in North Sound, 2016
- Ravichandran Ashwin vs England in Chennai, 2021
- Ravindra Jadeja vs Sri Lanka in Mohali, 2022
- Ravindra Jadeja vs England in Rajkot, 2024
Ashwin and Jadeja are the only two players from India to record both centuries and take a five-wicket haul in Test cricket multiple times.
Most times achieved the feat of scoring a century & picking five-wicket hauls in Test cricket:
- Ian Botham - 5 times
- Ravichandran Ashwin - 3 times
- Gary Sobers - 2 times
- Mushtaq Mohammad - 2 times
- Jacques Kallis - 2 times
- Shakib Al Hasan - 2 times
- Ravindra Jadeja - 2 times
Ravindra Jadeja has become the only 7th player to record both a century and a five-wicket haul in the same Test match multiple times.
