Ravichandran Ashwin, like he did in the first Test, spun Australians out prefer it was nothing and broke the again of the Aussie batting line-up, eliminating Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith. He additionally removed Alex Carey and entered himself into an elite listing of gamers who’ve 100 extra wickets in opposition to a single opposition in Test cricket.
Not solely this, Ashwin now additionally has 700 wickets in his first-class profession.
Test Cricket: Bowlers With Most Wickets Against Single Opposition
- Shane Warne: 195 vs England
- Dennis Lille: 167 vs England
- Curtly Ambrose: 164 vs Englabd
- Glenn McGrath: 157 vs England
- Ian Botham: 148 vs Australia
Steve Smith: Ashwin’s Bunny?
Apart from his common bowling landmarks, Ashwin additionally grew to become the one bowler in Test cricket to dismiss Steve Smith twice on a duck. Well, that is one thing!
Not solely Ashwin, together with his associate in crime, Ravindra Jadeja too, went on a record-breaking spree because the CSK participant reached the coveted 250-wicket landmark in the 2nd Test in Delhi by dismissing Usman Khawaja. With that, Jadeja grew to become solely the eighth Indian bowler to scalp 250 wickets in Test cricket. He additionally grew to become the 4th Indian to take 250 wickets and rating 2500 Test runs. Other than him – Kapil Dev, Ravi Ashwin and Anil Kumble have additionally acheived the feat. Not solely this, he additionally grew to become the quickest Indian and second quickest in world cricket to 250 Test wickets and 2500 Test runs.
Indian’s With Most Wickets In Test Cricket
- Anil Kumble: 619
- Ravichandran Ashwin: 549
- Kapil Dev: 434
- Harbhajan Singh: 417
- Zaheer Khan: 311
- Ishant Sharma: 311
- Bishan Singh Bedi: 266
- Ravindra Jadeja: 250*
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