He reached the unique milestone on a losing night in Chepauk.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja joined an elite list during the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Friday.
The Chennai Super Kings player became the first cricketer to score 3,000 runs and take 100-plus wickets in IPL history. His milestone, however, came during a defeat. CSK lost to RCB by 50 runs, making this their first disappointment of the season. CSK had beaten the Mumbai Indians in their first match of the season last week.
While Jadeja endured wicketless figures of 0/37 against RCB on Friday, he managed to score 25 runs off 19 balls in the run chase. The Super Kings were looking to chase down 197 runs but were restricted to 147/8 from 20 overs. Jadeja was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood in the 19th over to put the hosts in trouble at 130/8. MS Dhoni (30*) remained unbeaten along with Noor Ahmad (0*) at the other end.
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To date, Jadeja has scored 3,001 runs from 242 matches at a strike-rate of 129.47, including three fifties. With the ball, the Saurashtra spinner has taken 160 wickets. His best bowling figures of 5/16 came against the now-defunct Deccan Chargers in IPL 2012.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bengaluru posted a challenging total of 196/7 from 20 overs. Openers Phil Salt and Virat Kohli forged 45 runs for the first wicket before the England batter departed for 32 in the fifth over. Kohli, who scored 31 runs, stood on for a while more and forged partnerships with Devdutt Padikkal and Rajat Patidar. The skipper registered a half-century, scoring 51 runs off 32 balls.
Chennai Super Kings were restricted to 30/3 in the powerplay during their run chase. They lost Rahul Tripathi, skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Deepak Hooda in the powerplay. The matters turned from bad to worse after they were restricted to 80/6 in the 13th over. This was after Yash Dayal cleaned up Shivam Dube.
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