India’s premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin added one more prized feather to his illustrious cap when he bagged the essential wicket of England’s Jonny Bairstow within the first session of play on day 1 of the continued fourth Test on the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi.
Coming across the stumps, the veteran spinner trapped Bairstow leg-before-wicket (LBW) and have become the primary Indian to say 100 Test wickets against the Three Lions. Ashwin’s historic milestone noticed him transfer means past Bhagwath Subramanya Chandrasekhar who beforehand held the report for bagging essentially the most wickets for India against England within the red-ball format.
Indians with essentially the most Test wickets against England:
Ashwin is the third-leading wicket-taker for the hosts within the ongoing Anthony de Mello Trophy with 12 wickets. The 37-year-old offie has not had the most effective of sequence as per his lofty requirements however could make a robust comeback given the type of pedigree he has.
He has endured turbulent instances currently however seems poised to win the sequence for Team India. The Chennai-born needed to depart the third Test on the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot halfway after his mom suffered a well being scare however got here again to affix the workforce and bowled six overs within the second innings and bagged the wicket of Tom Hartley.
India’s taking part in for the fourth Test in Ranchi:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
England’s taking part in XI for the fourth Test in Ranchi:
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Tom Hartley, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson, Shoaib Bashir.
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