Fewest Tests for double of 2500 runs and 250 wickets
All-rounders are a vital part of any team setup irrespective of the format as they provide a perfect balance to a side. Scoring runs and picking up wickets is their job and some renowned players have managed to do so in a quick time.
Let us take a look at the players with the fewest Tests for double of 2500 runs and 250 wickets:
3) Imran Khan (64)
Former Pakistani all-rounder Imran Khan completed this special feat in his 64th Test. The right-arm fast bowler got to 250 scalps against Sri Lanka in Kandy in 1986 while he reached 2500 runs against India in Ahmedabad in 1987. Having made his Test debut against England in Birmingham in 1971, he played 88 Tests and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.69, including struck six tons and 18 fifties. He also picked 362 wickets in 142 innings at an average of 22.81 and a strike rate of 53.7, with the best figures of 8/58, including a whopping 23 five-wicket hauls and six 10-wicket hauls.
2) Ravindra Jadeja (62)
Ravindra Jadeja completed the landmark in his 62nd Test match against Australia in Delhi. Jadeja got to 2500 runs against England in Birmingham in 2022. Having made his maiden appearance against the English side in Nagpur in 2012, he has amassed 2619 runs at an average of 36.88, including three tons and 18 fifties. Jadeja has also snared 259 scalps at an average of 23.82 and a strike rate of 58.5 with the best figures of 7/42 coming in the just-concluded encounter against the Aussies. Jadeja has picked up five-for-12 times and ten wickets in a game two times in his career.
1) Ian Botham (55)
England’s Ian Botham is in the top position for achieving the double of 2500 runs and 250 wickets, in just 55 games. The right-handed batter reached 2500 runs in his 50th Test match against India in Manchester in 1982. The pacer grabbed his 250th scalp against arch-rivals Australia in Perth the same year. Having made his Test debut against Australia in Nottingham in 1977, Botham played 102 games and amassed 5200 runs at an average of 33.54 and slammed 14 tons and 22 fifties with the best score of 208. In He took 383 wickets at an average of 28.40 and a strike rate of 56.9, with the best bowling performance of 8/34, including 27 five wicket-hauls and four 10-wicket hauls.
