Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates dismissing Ben Foakes of England in the course of the third day of the fouth Test match between India and England at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi on February 25, 2024.
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Indian spin veteran Ravichandran Ashwin equaled compatriot Anil Kumble to turn out to be the Indian with the joint-highest five-wicket hauls in Test cricket.
The veteran achieved this milestone in the course of the fourth Test in opposition to England in Ranchi.
During the second innings, Ashwin lastly delivered his finest efficiency of the sequence after not being among the many wickets a lot in earlier matches. He took 5/51 in 15.5 overs, getting wickets of Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Ben Foakes and James Anderson.
Now, each Ashwin and Kumble have 35 Test five-wicket hauls every, which is the most by an Indian bowler. They additionally maintain the joint fourth-highest quantity of Test five-wicket hauls by a bowler, with Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan sitting on the prime of the record with 67 fifers in 133 Tests. The spin wizard’s distant rival is late Australian spin nice Shane Warne, who has 37 fifers in 145 Tests, adopted by New Zealand legend Richard Hadlee, who has 36 five-wicket hauls in 86 Tests.
India has set a goal of 192 runs to win. The hosts ended their day at 40/0, with skipper Rohit Sharma (24*) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (16*) unbeaten.
In their second inning, England was bundled out for simply 145 runs, with Zak Crawley (60 in 91 balls, with seven fours) and Jonny Bairstow (30 in 42 balls, with three fours) providing some combat. Spinners took all the ten wickets for India, with Ravichandran Ashwin (5/51) and Kuldeep Yadav (4/22) main the bowlers. England led by 191 runs and set India a goal of 192 runs to take the sequence win by 3-1.
Earlier, India was bundled out for 307 of their first innings in reply to England’s first innings whole of 353. Despite Yashasvi Jaiswal (73 in 117 balls, with eight fours and a six) firing as soon as once more, India was left struggling at 219/7. It was wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel (90 in 149 balls, with six fours and 4 sixes) who joined forces with Kuldeep (28 in 131 balls) to sew a 76-run stand for the eighth wicket and India managed to attain above 300 runs. Spinner Shoaib Bashir troubled Indian batters and took a five-wicket haul (5/119). Tom Hartley (3/68) and James Anderson (2/48) have been additionally nice with the ball.
England selected to bat first and put up 353 runs of their first innings, pushed by a comeback century by their premier batter Joe Root (122* in 274 balls, 10 fours), a half-century from Ollie Robinson (58 in 96 balls, with 9 fours and a six) and Ben Foakes (47 in 126 balls, with 4 boundaries and a six). Ravindra Jadeja (4/67) and Akash Deep (3/83) have been the highest bowlers for India.
