Ravindra Jadeja makes history in England: Gary breaks the 59 -year record of Sobers, Virat Kohli first leaves behind to become an Indian with the first Indian…. Cricket news

New Delhi: Ravindra Jadeja named her in the history of cricket with another historic performance at the Oval on the fifth day and the final test between India and England. World No. 1 all-rounder broke a fluent 53 off 77 balls, with five borders, but it was a record weight that actually underlined the value of his innings.Live Score: India vs England 5th TestWith this half-century, his sixth 50-plus score-Jadeja became the first batsman to score more than 50 in a single Test series in England, while batting at number 6 or lower levels, crossing the famous Gary Sobers, who had five such scores in 1966. Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!It also made him the first Indian batsman to score more than six 50 scores in a Test series in England, in records held jointly by Sunil Gavaskar (1979), Virat Kohli (2018) and Rishabh Pant (2025), all of which were five.
Jadeja has scored 516 runs in the series, which became the first Indian batsman to score more than 500 runs in a test series, while in particular batting at number 6 or less. He beat VVS Laxman’s 474 runs at the same place during the 2002 West Indies tour.
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It does not stop there. This was Jadeja’s 10th 50-Plus score in England (all number 6 or less), a figure that crosses nine of Sobers and is more than the joint-bound-end by any visiting batter in England.In the list of most runs at number 6 or less in a distant testing chain, 516 of Jadeja is now third, only Sobers (722) and Pakistan’s Wasim Raja (517). He also joined Sobers and King and most of the most at number 6 or in a distant chain with a record of more than 50 scores.
More than 50 scores for India in a series in England
- Rabindra Jadeja in 6 – 2025
- 5 – Sunil Gavaskar in 1979
- 5 – Virat Kohli in 2018
- 5 – Rishabh Pant in 2025
The 36 -year -old has already taken a century and five half -centuries in this series, with the most unbeaten 107 in the Manchester Test. With the ball, he is sticking to seven wickets, exposing his all -round talent.He now became the third Indian to score more than 500 runs in this Test series, after Captain Shubman Gill (754) and KL Rahul (532), three Indian batsmen have done this in the same series for the first time.
Mostly runs at number 6 or less in a distant testing chain
- 722 – Sir Garfield Sobers (Wi) vs Eng, 1966
- 517 – Wasim Raja (Pak) vs Y, 1976/77
- 516 – Ravindra Jadeja (IND) vs Eng, 2025*
- 506 – Steve Waugh (AUS) vs Ang, 1989
Jadeja’s record-breaking performance has added another layer of dominance to India’s charge in one of the most fierce competition series of recent times.