Ranji Trophy 2025, Harsh Dubey is New Ravindra Jadeja: Vidarbha’s left arm spinner Harsh Dubey has created history by creating a new record in Ranji Trophy 2024/25. In the final match being played against Kerala in Nagpur, he made a record of taking the most wickets in a season. This player is being called the second Ravindra Jadeja of India.
Ranji Trophy 2025, Harsh Dubey is New Ravindra Jadeja: Ravindra Jadeja has been an important part of Team India for the last several years. Jadeja, who retired from T20 last year, is currently part of Team India in the Champions Trophy 2025. He is also a senior bowler in the Test team. It is believed that soon he will retire from international cricket. In such a situation, the big question is, who will meet the shortage of Jadeja? In the midst of this question, a player has surfaced, which made a big ball and bat in the Ranji Trophy 2025 season. These players are none other than Harsh Dubey, who showed what had never happened in the final match being played between Vidarbha and Kerala.
Harsh Dubey took 3 wickets in the first innings for Vidarbha in the final match and made history. Harsh has become the highest wicket bowler in a season of Ranji. He has so far hunted 69 and broke Aman’s record this season, who took the most 68 wickets in a season. Seeing Harsh’s performance, the fans are saying that Team India has got another Ravindra Jadeja. The special thing is that Harsh is also a left -handed spinner. He has the ability to bat well Jadeja.
How did Harsh create history? (Ranji Trophy 2025, Harsh Dubey is New Ravindra Jadeja)
Actually, Vidarbha’s team scored 379 runs in the first innings. After this, Harsh Dubey, who came out to bowl, took the 69th wicket of the season by dismissing the Nidhish of Kerala in the third day’s game. Earlier, he also dismissed Aditya Sarwate and Salman Nizar. With this performance, Harsh Dubey broke the record of Ashutosh Aman of Bihar, who took 68 wickets in the 2018/19 season. The special thing is that Harsh Dubey’s 69 wickets have come on more challenging pitches, while Aman’s wickets were mostly in plate group. This season, Vidarbha team has not had to face a single defeat.
Shown in the semi -finals as well
In the semi -finals against Mumbai, Dubey took 7 wickets while performing brilliantly. At the age of 22, Dubey made a first class debut in 2022. Now he has joined the selected 6 bowlers who have taken more than 60 wickets in a season.
Harsh Dubey Now has Most Wickets in a Ranji Trophy Edition.
69* – Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha) in 2024/2568 – Ashutosh Aman (Bihar) in 2018/1967 – Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra) in 2019/2064 – Bishan Beedi (Delhi) in 1974/7562 – Dodda Ganeshsh (KarnaTaka) in 1998/9962 – Kanwaljit Singh… pic.twitter.com/9ipq6Syv1i
– Kausthub Gudipati (@Kaustats) February 28, 2025
5 bowlers who took the most wickets in a season in Ranji Trophy
Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha) – 69 wickets (2024/25) Ashutosh Aman (Bihar) – 68 wickets (2018/19) Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra) – 67 wickets (2019/20) Bishan Singh Bedi (Delhi) – 64 wickets (1974/75) Doda Ganesh (Karnataka) – 62 wickets (1998/99)
Great performance in batting too
Harsh Dubey also performed brilliantly in batting with bowling. He scored 472 runs in 17 innings of this season, including 5 half -centuries. In this way, he has become the fourth player in Ranji Trophy history, who completed 450+ runs and doubles of 50+ wickets in a season.
450+ runs and 50+ wicket records in Ranji season
472 runs, 69 wickets – Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha, 2024/25) 603 runs, 55 wickets – R.K. Sanjay Yadav (Meghalaya, 2019/20) 529 runs, 52 wickets – Sunil Joshi (Karnataka, 1995/96) 461 runs, 53 wickets – Gurinder Singh (Meghalaya, 2018/19)
R are learned from R Ashwin
Dubey in his early days R.K. Taking training from Ashwin and learned the nuances of spin with him on Chennai pitches. In an interview to the Indian Express, Dubey told how he reached the academy on a bicycle with his father and from there his cricket journey started. This performance of Harsh Dubey raises new expectations for Indian cricket. Now it has to be seen how he continues his performance in future.