IND vs AUS 3rd Test: India’s star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday scaled new heights in International cricket as he surpassed former Indian legend Kapil Dev’s main milestone. India face Australia in the third Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Indore and the match witnessed good motion in the opening two days. India made an honest comeback after being pushed on the again foot on Day 1 as Ravi Ashwin and Umesh Yadav starred on Day 2.
Meanwhile, the star Indian spinner Ashwin surpassed compatriot Kapil Dev in the checklist of highest wicket-takers for India on the International degree. Ashwin took three wickets on Day 2 of the primary innings. Before these three wickets, he had 686 International scalps, one lower than Kapil Dev’s 687. He first despatched again the set Handscomb to attract degree with Kapil after which took the wickets of Carey and Lyon to complete with 689 in the primary innings.Â
Indians with probably the most wickets in International cricket:
Anil Kumble- 956 wickets in 403 matches
Harbhajan Singh- 711 wickets in 367 matches
Ravi Ashwin- 689* wickets in 269 video games
Kapil Dev- 687 wickets in 356 video games
Zaheer Khan- 610 scalps in 309 matches
Australia began the day on a excessive observe as they have been on 156 runs for the lack of 6 wickets. The lead with Australia was of 47 however the guests but once more gave away the benefit. Ashwin started India’s comeback on Day with the wicket of Handscomb earlier than Umesh Yadav discovered the wicket of Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc. Alex Carey was achieved by Ashwin, whereas Murphy was bowled by Yadav. Nathan Lyon was the final man to get out as he was bowled by Ashwin with Australia ending with a lead of 88 runs.
India’s Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Australia’s Playing XI:
Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann
