Nathan Lyon Wickets Century: India vs India

Pudhari Online Desk : Australia’s off-spinner Nathan Lyon created history in the Delhi Test. He has become the first Australian bowler to take 100 wickets in Test cricket against India. Shane Warne, the king of the spin who took 708 wickets in the history of Test cricket, also did not do his feat against India, which is lion.

great performance against india

Lion (Nathan Lyon) bowled 100 balls in his 43rd innings of 24* Tests against India. Bowling brilliantly against India, Lyon scored hundreds of wickets at an average of 34.34 and a strike rate of 66.5. He has taken 5 wickets in a single feast against India. His best performance was 8/50 against India and 12/286 in the total match. Lion has taken 21.5 percent of his total Test wickets against India. Along with this, he has taken 101 wickets against England.

Warnchi’s performance against India faded

Shane Warne’s spin trick did not work against India. He took 42 wickets in 22 innings of 12 Tests against India at an average of 42.88 and a strike rate of 83.7. Warne’s best figures against India were 6/125 in one innings and 6/113 in one match.

Wicket’s century in the Border Gavaskar Trophy

Lion is the third bowler after Anil Kumble and Ravichandran Ashwin to take more than 100 wickets in the history of Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT). Kumble has 111 wickets in BGT and Ashwin completed a century of wickets against Australia on the first day of the ongoing Delhi Test.

Apart from this, Nathan Lyon has another big Vikram in his boat. He has become the first bowler in the world to take five wickets in Tests against India the most times. Against Team India, he has taken 5-5 wickets 8 times so far and he has overtaken former Sri Lankan spinner Muralitharanla. Murli has achieved fame in taking five wickets 7 times against India. And England’s James Anderson, Ian Botham, Pakistan’s former captain Imran Khan and West Indies’ Malcolm Marshall have done such a feat 6-6 times.

Sharp catch by Peter Handscomb gives Nathan Lyon his fourth wicket of the innings.#WTC23 , #INDvAUS , pic.twitter.com/EHk8E3qdZp

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