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Ravindra Jadeja joins Rahul Dravid in massive feat with player of the match award vs WI

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Ravindra Jadeja in action [Source: AFP]Ravindra Jadeja in action [Source: AFP]

Ravindra Jadeja’s all-round performance helped India secure a dominating win over West Indies in the first Test at Narendra Modi Stadium. India’s vice-captain bagged the Player of the Match after his brilliance on the field with both bat and ball.

Jadeja surpasses Kohli and Ashwin, joins Dravid

Ravindra Jadeja, world’s No.1 Test all-rounder, helped the visitors win the first Test against West Indies by an innings and 140 runs inside three days of the match. In the first Test against the West Indies played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Jadeja scored an unbeaten 104 on Friday and then claimed 4 wickets in 13 overs conceding 54 runs on Saturday. He bagged the Player of the Match award following his all-round performance.

Jadeja has won his 11th Player of the Match award in 86 Tests so far. He surpassed Ravi Ashwin, Virat Kohli, and Anil Kumble as all of these won 10 POTM awards for India.  Jadeja now equals former coach Rahul Dravid (11) in the list to become the joint second most POTM award winner for India. Sachin Tendulkar (14) remains the leading name in the list ahead of Jadeja in terms on winning Player of the Match awards for India in Test. 

“I think I was enjoying it and as I got to know that we are playing on a red soil, I thought it would be okay for batting and bowling as well. If the wicket is flat, you can score runs. If the ball is turning, then you can enjoy bowling on the red soil. Obviously I would like to thank the coach, captain and management and selectors because being a vice-captain you are always there as a team's special member and that honour always pleased me,” Jadeja said in the post-match presentation ceremony.

Jacques Kallis tops the list for POTM awards in Tests

Jacques Kallis tops the list of the overall record of winning the most POTM awards in Tests. In 166 Test matches during his 18-year-long career, Kallis won 23 such awards from 1995 to 2013. Kallia is followed by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (19). Shane Warne from Australia and Wasim Akram from Pakistan won 17 POTM awards each in Tests.

With 1-0 lead, India will take on West Indies for the second Test of the 2-match series from October 10 in New Delhi.