Published: Oct 31, 2013, 07:41 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 25, 2014, 02:11 AM (IST)
Ravindra Jadeja took his 100th wicket against Australia in the sixth ODI in Nagpur © PTI
Ravindra Jadeja became the third Indian left-arm spinner after Ravi Shastri and Yuvraj Singh to take 100 One-Day International (ODI) wickets. Sarang Bhalerao analyses Jadeja’s figures for India in details.
On Wednesday, Ravindra Jadeja picked up the wicket of Mitchell Johnson in the sixth One-Day International (ODI) against Australia in Nagpur to increase his tally to 100 wickets for India. Jadeja achieved this feat in his 85th match. This was his 43rd wicket in the year 2013. This has been Jadeja’s best year in terms of bowling.
Let us analyse Jadeja’s year-wise performance
| Years | M | R | Ovs | W | BB | Avg | Eco | SR |
| 2009 | 14 | 506 | 97.4 | 10 | 4/32 | 50.6 | 5.18 | 58.6 |
| 2010 | 21 | 739 | 158 | 19 | 2/27 | 38.89 | 4.67 | 49.8 |
| 2011 | 13 | 555 | 112 | 24 | 4/33 | 23.12 | 4.95 | 28 |
| 2012 | 10 | 390 | 71.4 | 4 | 1/32 | 97.5 | 5.44 | 107.5 |
| 2013 | 27 | 979 | 239.3 | 43 | 5/36 | 22.76 | 4.08 | 33.4 |
| Total | 85 | 3,169 | 678.5 | 100 | 5/36 | 31.69 | 4.66 | 40.7 |
In the year 2012, Jadeja picked up only four wickets in the 10 ODIs. His strike rate was 107.5 in 2012. In 2011 it was the best — 28. Jadeja had taken 24 wickets in 112 overs in 13 games.
Let us analyse Jadeja’s performance against each opponent
| Opponents | M | R | Ovs | W | BB | Avg | Eco | SR |
| England | 14 | 507 | 107.4 | 26 | 4/33 | 19.5 | 4.7 | 24.8 |
| Sri Lanka | 24 | 858 | 177.1 | 20 | 4/23 | 42.9 | 4.84 | 53.1 |
| West Indies | 10 | 390 | 85 | 16 | 5/36 | 24.37 | 4.58 | 31.8 |
| Australia | 15 | 626 | 119.1 | 12 | 3/35 | 52.16 | 5.25 | 59.5 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 250 | 66 | 8 | 2/27 | 31.25 | 3.78 | 49.5 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 133 | 38 | 7 | 3/41 | 19 | 3.5 | 32.1 |
| South Africa | 4 | 154 | 37.5 | 7 | 2/29 | 22 | 4.07 | 32.4 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 127 | 29 | 3 | 1/27 | 42.33 | 4.37 | 58 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 124 | 19 | 1 | 1/21 | 124 | 6.52 | 114 |
| Total | 85 | 3,169 | 678.5 | 100 | 5/36 | 31.69 | 4.66 | 40.7 |
Jadeja has taken 26 wickets against England in 14 games — at an average of 19.5 and a strike rate of 24.8 (i.e. wicket every four overs).
Jadeja’s average against New Zealand and Australia is 124 and 52.16 respectively. He has picked up a solitary wicket against New Zealand in three appearances while he has taken 12 wickets in 15 games against Australia.
(Sarang Bhalerao hails from a family of doctors, but did his engineering. He then dumped a career in IT with Infosys to follow his heart and passion and became a writer with CricketCountry. A voracious reader, Sarang aspires to beat Google with his knowledge of the game! You can follow him on Twitter here)
