Ravindra Jadeja Joins Elite All-Rounder's List With 6th Fifty-Plus Score In England Series

Jadeja creates history [Source: AFP Photo]

Ravindra Jadeja has proven his all-rounder's mettle in the ongoing series with consistent performances in all five matches. In five games against England, Jadeja, the batter, tormented the England bowlers, and on Saturday, he scored his sixth fifty-plus score on the tour to etch his name in the history books.

In the England series, the all-rounder has smacked five fifties, and a solitary hundred, and has joined some of the greats of the game with his half-century in the second innings of the Oval Test match.

Jadeja joins Sobers, Kallis in elite list

He joined the likes of Ian Botham, Gary Sobers, and Jacques Kallis to become the fourth all-rounder to register 500-plus runs in a Test series. Jadeja has 516 runs in 10 innings, with five fifties, and a brilliant hundred to save the Manchester Test. His 53-run knock in the Oval Test match helped India's lead to cross the 300-run mark.

The three all-rounders Jadeja joined in the list, were the best of their respective eras, and Jadeja, too, is the best of his era. After a brisk 53, the India all-rounder went back to the pavilion.

Jadeja's dream run in the England series

Jadeja had little impact with the ball in hand on this tour, but he more than made up for it with a series to remember with the bat. The experienced player started with twin fifties in India's win at Edgbaston, and followed it up with two fifties at the Lord's Test match.

He then scored one of the finest centuries by an Indian batter overseas at Manchester, and ended the series with a half-century at the Oval. 

He scored in some of the tricky situations, and made sure that India were always alive in the Test series.

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