Ravichandran Ashwin’s magic with the ball is a sight to behold. Whenever the spin-wizard rolls his arm over, the opposition batters keep on their toes to outlive the magic that he shows. Even although the Indian spinners had been challenged arduous by the England batters on the third day of the primary Test in Hyderabad, Ashwin scalped two wickets and his dismissal of Ben Stokes was one to look at.
Ashwin eliminated Stokes with a lovely supply within the thirty seventh over of England’s second innings. He pulled one trick out of his armory and despatched a flighted fuller ball on the center to convey Stokes ahead. The ball then gripped and spun away from the left-hander, who seemed to dam it however the flip beat him and broke the off-stump.
Notably, Ashwin, who’s targetting to achieve 500 Test wickets, has created an all-time record for India after dismissing England skipper Stokes. Ashwin acquired the wicket of Stokes for a record-extending twelfth time in Tests. He has now damaged the record held by Kapil Dev and Ishant Sharma for an Indian bowler dismissing any opposition batter for essentially the most time. Stokes turned the sufferer of Ashwin for the twelfth time.Â
Notably, Ishant has acquired former England captain Alastair Cook out 11 occasions in Tests, whereas legendary Kapil has eliminated Graham Gooch 11 occasions too. Ashwin held this record collectively with these two as he has acquired Aussie star David Warner out 11 occasions too. However, the spin-wizard now owns this record utterly.Â
Indian bowlers to dismiss opposition batters most occasions
Ravi Ashwin vs Ben Stokes – 12 occasions
Ravi Ashwin v D Warner – 11 occasions
Ishant v A Cook – 11 occasions
Kapil Dev v G Gooch – 11 occasions
Harbhajan v R Ponting – 10 occasions
Kapil Dev v A Border – 10 occasions
Kapil Dev v D Gower – 10 occasions
Kapil Dev v M Marshall – 10 occasions
