CSK vs. RCB, IPL 2025: On Friday, March 28, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, during the Chennai Super Kings vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2025 match 9, Ravindra Jadeja made history by reaching an amazing milestone.

Jadeja finished the IPL with 3000 runs. He became the first player in IPL history to accomplish the feat of getting 100 wickets and scoring 3000 runs. Against RCB, Jadeja hit two fours and a six to score 25 runs in 19 balls.

But CSK lost the game by a score of fifty runs. At the MA Chidambaram Stadium, they had not lost to RCB in the IPL since 2008. Jadeja has participated in 242 IPL games so far, amassing 3001 runs and 160 wickets.

After players like MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, and current skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, the 34-year-old is the team’s fifth-highest run scorer in the league. In 127 innings, he has amassed 1939 runs for CSK.

After making his IPL debut in 2008, Jadeja then played for the Rajasthan Royals and Kochi Tuskers Kerala before joining CSK in 2012. In 2016 and 2017, he was also a member of the Gujarat Lions.

He is only surpassed by veteran Dwayne Bravo, who tops the team’s wicket statistics with 140, after taking 133 wickets for CSK.

Andre Russell of the Kolkata Knight Riders has been the most influential all-round player in IPL history, second only to Jadeja. In the lucrative league, he has around 2500 runs and more than 100 wickets.

The top all-rounder statistics are as follows:

Players with 100 or more IPL wickets and 1000 runs or more
Ravindra Jadeja: 160 wickets and 3001 runs

Andre Russell: 115 wickets and 2488 runs

Axar Patel: 123 wickets and 1675 runs

Sunil Narine: 181 wickets and 1578 runs

Dwayne Bravo: 183 wickets and 1560 runs

CSK defeated their bitter rivals, the Mumbai Indians, by three wickets at home to begin their IPL 2025 campaign. However, Royal Challengers Bengaluru outperformed them in every way.

After making his IPL debut in 2008, when the league was only being started, Jadeja later played for the Rajasthan Royals and Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Then, before the 2012 season began, he joined the Chennai Super Kings. Jadeja spent a few seasons in 2016 and 2017 as a member of the Gujarat Lions.

After winning his first IPL championship with the Rajasthan Royals in 2008, Jadeja went on to win more with CSK in 2018, 2021, and 2023.