Wisden has named all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja as India's most valuable player of the 21st century. At the same time, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan has got the status of the world's most valuable player. Jadeja is at second place after him. Let us tell you that Wisden selects players based on the CricViz rating.
Jadeja, who made his debut in International cricket in 2012, has performed brilliantly in all three formats of cricket. In this list, Australia's Steve Smith is placed at number three, Glenn McGrath at number four and Shaun Pollack from South Africa at number 5.
Freddie Wilde of CricViz told Wisden, "The 31-year-old Jadeja has a bowling average of 24.62, which is better than Shane Warne (25.41)." At the same time, his batting average is 35.26, which is better than Shane Watson's average (35.19). The difference between his batting and bowling average is 10.64, which is the second-best in this century. "
Wilde further said, "Jadeja is India's number one player. Anyone can be surprised to see his game. He is selected in the team as a frontline bowler. He also bats at number 6. His role in the match is very important. "
Jadeja is the first left-arm bowler to take 200 wickets in 44 Tests, a feat he achieved last year. Before that Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath took 200 wickets in 47 Tests. He is the second Indian after Ravichandran Ashwin to take 200 wickets in the overall lowest Test. Ashwin did this feat in 37 Tests.
Let us tell you that Ravindra Jadeja has taken 213 wickets in 49 Tests and 187 wickets in 165 ODIs. He has scored 1869 and 2296 runs in these matches. He has 39 wickets and 173 runs in 49 T20s. Talking of IPL, Jadeja has taken 108 wickets and scored 1927 runs in 170 matches of the league.
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