IND Vs ENG: India's star spinners Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin are going to give sleepless nights to England's batsmen in the 5-Test series starting from January 25. Jadeja-Ashwin pair is the most successful pair of spinners in Test cricket. Till now, Jadeja and Ashwin have taken 500 wickets while playing 49 test matches together. The track record of this pair is so tremendous that in every match both these players take more than 10 wickets of the opposing team. Before these two, the pair of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan had given more than 500 wickets to India.
At present there is no other bowler more dangerous than Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin on the Indian pitches. Ravindra Jadeja has taken 275 wickets while playing 68 test matches so far. Ravindra Jadeja has taken 5 wickets in an innings 12 times, while twice Ravindra Jadeja has taken 10 or more wickets in the match. Ravindra Jadeja's bowling average is 24.07.
On the other hand, Ashwin is standing very close to creating history. Ashwin has taken 490 wickets while playing 90 test matches. Ashwin has taken 5 or more wickets in an innings 34 times. On 8 occasions Ashwin has managed to take 10 or more wickets in Tests. If Ashwin is successful in taking 10 wickets in this series, then he will become the second Indian bowler to take 500 wickets in Tests.
Shows wonders with the bat also
The most special thing about Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin is that apart from the ball, both these players show equal excellence with the bat also. Ashwin has scored runs at an average of more than 30 in the Test so far and apart from scoring 14 fifties in the Test, he has also scored 5 centuries. Whereas Jadeja has scored runs at an average of more than 35 in Tests. Apart from scoring 19 fifties, Jadeja has scored 3 centuries in the Test.
