 "Ravindra Jadeja has returned to Team India's playing XI for match against Bangladesh. Image: AP")
Ravindra Jadeja reached a significant milestone by being named in India’s playing XI for their first Champions Trophy 2025 match against Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. With this appearance, Jadeja became the 15th Indian cricketer to play 200 ODIs and only the third Indian spinner to achieve the feat.
Jadeja would have achieved the record in the third ODI against England at Ahmedabad earlier this month but he was rested in the match. He returned to the playing XI on Thursday for India’s first match in the Champions Trophy 2025 along with Mohammed Shami .
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Jadeja becomes 15th Indian to 200 ODIs
In 199 ODIs so far, Jadeja has picked 226 wickets at an average of 35.38 and with best figures of 5/33. He has scored 2779 runs at an average of 32.69. The 36-year-old all-rounder from Saurashtra, Jadeja, has also played 80 Tests and 74 T20Is for India.
Another interesting fact about Jadeja’s ODI record is that he is only the second Indian cricketer besides the great Kapil Dev to play 200 ODIs, score 2000 runs and take 200 wickets.
Full is of Indian players to have played 200 ODIs:
Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Javagal Srinath, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Anil Kumble, Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja