Once labeling Jadeja as \u2018bits-and-pieces\u2019 player\u2014Manjrekar took to Twitter to express his admiration. \u201cOver the moon for my favourite cricketer, Jadeja. A fifer! He needed that! And so did the team.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Mumbai heat and the dry, turning surface worked to India\u2019s advantage. Washington Sundar provided crucial breakthroughs early, dismissing New Zealand openers Tom Latham and Rachin Ravindra before Lunch. Jadeja struck just before Tea, removing Will Young and Tom Blundell in quick succession on a surface that began to offer puffs of dust and sharp turn. New Zealand\u2019s batters struggled, save for Daryl Mitchell, who fought through both the Indian attack and the oppressive 37-degree temperatures to add some resistance to the scoreboard.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jadeja\u2019s afternoon was particularly significant, not only for his five-wicket haul but for his achievement of surpassing two former Indian legends, Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma, to become India\u2019s fifth-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
The wicket that took Jadeja to 312 came in style as he bowled Glenn Phillips with a delivery that darted in with the arm, leaving the batter completely beaten. This wicket placed him behind only four other Indian greats on the all-time list: Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev, R Ashwin, and Harbhajan Singh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With 312 Test wickets, Jadeja now trails Harbhajan Singh\u2019s 417 wickets and is inching closer to his own place in Indian cricket\u2019s history books. His milestone follows another significant achievement earlier in this series, where he became only the third Indian to reach the dual milestone of 3,000 runs and 300 wickets, a feat achieved previously by Kapil Dev and Ravichandran Ashwin. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
The wicket that took Jadeja to 312 came in style as he bowled Glenn Phillips with a delivery that darted in with the arm, leaving the batter completely beaten. This wicket placed him behind only four other Indian greats on the all-time list: Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev, R Ashwin, and Harbhajan Singh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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