R Ashwin did a miracle in Pune Test, broke the record of this legendary cricketer who has left the world, achieved this big feat

Manish Gaidhankar
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R Ashwin took his third wicket against New Zealand, he joined the list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets in a Test match. Source: Social Media

R Ashwin: Team India is facing New Zealand in the second match. In the first innings of this match, the bowlers of Team India stopped the Kiwi team at 259 runs. Washington Sundar and R Ashwin caused the most damage by stopping the visiting team at 259 runs. Sundar broke the back of the visiting team by taking 7 wickets in the match. At the same time, experienced Ashwin took three wickets in the match. Along with taking three wickets, Ashwin has registered two big records in his name. He has achieved this feat by breaking the record of this cricketer who has left the world in this matter.

R Ashwin broke Nathan Lyon’s record

As soon as R Ashwin took his third wicket against New Zealand, he joined the list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets in a Test match. He is currently at the sixth position.

He has moved up one position leaving behind Australia’s star spinner Nathan Lyon. With this wicket, Ashwin has registered a total of 531 Test wickets in his name. At the same time, Lyon has taken 530 wickets in his Test career so far.

broke Shane Warne’s record

Not only this, R Ashwin has also left behind Australia’s late star spinner Shane Warne. As soon as Ashwin took the third wicket, he joined the list of bowlers who took more than three wickets on their home ground. He did this feat for the 85th time, while Warne did this 84 times in his international career. At the top of this list is the great Muttiah Muralitharan, who did this 119 times.

Ashwin dominates on home ground

It is worth noting that R Ashwin has the biggest dominance in the Test series on home ground for India. If this legendary player takes a wicket in the match being played in India, then the victory of Team India is almost certain. Apart from this, if we talk about the India vs New Zealand match, till the first day, Team India has scored 16 runs at the loss of 1 wicket. Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Javel are at the crease. Rohit Sharma has returned to the pavilion after getting out.

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