Test cricket is the number one format of the sport in terms of testing the players’ skills and other qualities. If a player can smack a six or bowl slower deliveries, he can become a millionaire in T20 leagues, but the same player may not achieve success in Tests. To succeed in the longest format of the game, a player needs to have proper technique and skills.
Plus, he should also be consistent, patient and dedicated to achieve big in this format of cricket. Very few players have achieved big in Tests. The fact that there have only been two players who have scored 2000 runs and picked up 200 wickets in this format of the game in the last eight years highlights how much the players have struggled to perform consistently.
Without further ado, let’s have a look at the only two players who have aggregated 2000 runs and picked up 200 wickets in the Test matches that have happened since 2015.
(Stats: Shebas)
1. One of the best players in Tests – Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra Jadeja has been one of the most improved players for India in Test cricket. In Test matches that have happened since 2015, Jadeja has ticked both boxes that is scoring 2000 runs as well as scalping 200 wickets. He has proven himself as a complete all-rounder.
2. Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravindra Jadeja’s teammate and partner in destroying the opponent teams on home turf, Ravichandran Ashwin is the second player on the list. There are many great all-rounders in Test cricket right now, but only these two have scored 2000 runs and took 200 wickets since 2015.
He (Ashwin) looks a different bowler. I wouldn’t say an improved bowler as he was always a good bowler but he looks a different bowler every time he plays Test cricket,” Rohit Sharma recently praised R Ashwin.
