India vs South Africa 2019: Top 5 bowlers with most wickets in Tests in India

#4. Ravindra Jadeja

To say Ravindra Jadeja has been effective against the Proteas would be an understatement.

With the six wickets he picked up at Visakhapatnam, Jadeja is at number four in this list. In five Tests so far against South Africa at home, Jadeja has 29 wickets at a stunning average of 15.86, including two five-wicket hauls to his credit. With his ability to bowl tight lines and stifle the opposition batsmen as well as claim wickets at regular intervals, he has been doubly difficult to get away.

He played in all four Tests of the previous series against South Africa at home, and finished with his credibility enhanced significantly. In four Tests in 2015, Jadeja picked up 23 wickets at a stunning average of 10.82, helped by his impressive economy rate of 1.76.

Jadeja picked up 3 for 51 and 5 for 21 in the first Test at Mohali, 4 for 50 in the second Test at Bengaluru, 4 for 33 at Nagpur and rounded off the series with 5 for 30 and 2 for 26 at Delhi. The South African batsmen could neither keep Jadeja at bay nor save their wickets against him, and the left-arm spinner feasted on the Proteas batsmen’s uncertainty.