Ravindra Jadeja has joined the elite club of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni. He scored a fifty during the current Test match against England at Edgbaston. He is now second on the list of Indian players with most fifties at this ground.
After Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy got out, Ravindra Jadeja and captain Shubman Gill brought the situation under control. They added a century partnership for the sixth wicket and helped India start the comeback. Gill scored another Test century and Jadeja scored a fifty in the first session of day two. He is now equal with former captains MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli on the list of Indian batsmen with most fifty plus scores in Birmingham.
Sunil Gavaskar is on top of the list with three fifties in Tests at Edgbaston. Dhoni, Jadeja, Kohli, Pant and Vishwanath have two fifties each in Birmingham.
Most Fifty-Plus Scores for India at Edgbaston
Sunil Gavaskar – 3
MS Dhoni – 2
Ravindra Jadeja – 2
Virat Kohli – 2
Rishabh Pant – 2
Gundappa Vishwanath – 2
Jadeja is one of the few Indian batsmen to have scored a Test century at Edgbaston. If he converts his fifty into a hundred he will be the first Indian to score two Test centuries at this ground.
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Ravindra Jadeja and Shubman Gill are batting with a plan. India are 343/5 with Jadeja on 61* and Gill on 132*.