Ravindra Jadeja took the last Bangladesh wicket to fall on day four of the second Test to complete his 300 wickets in red-ball cricket.
With Bangladesh nine down, India captain Rohit Sharma brought the left-arm spinner into the attack, and he had tailender Khaled Ahmed (0) hit one straight back to him to signal the landmark moment in his 73rd Test.
Bangladesh, who were put in to bat, completed their first innings after no play was possible on the second and third days of the match because of rain.The visitors were bowled out for 233, which included an unbeaten century by Mominul Haque (107 not out).
Bumrah led the Indian bowling charts with figures of 3 for 50, while Mohammed Siraj, Ashwin and Akash Deep took two wickets each.
Jadeja becomes the seventh Indian to take 300 Test wickets in the list headed by the legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble (619 wickets), followed by Ravichandrdan Ashwin (523), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (417), Zaheer Khan (311) and Ishant Sharma (311).
Jadeja, however, is the second quickest Indian to the 300-wicket mark in Tests by the number of balls delivered.
The left-armer has delivered 17,428 balls to reach the milestone, which is only behind Ashwin (15,636 deliveries), according to Cricbuzz.
Jadeja’s all-round skills have seen him score 3122 Test runs as well at an average of 36.73, including 4 hundreds and 21 fifties.
Ravindra Jadeja completes 300 Test wickets, 2nd quickest Indian to the landmark by balls bowled | Cricket News
Ravindra Jadeja (BCCI Photo)