R Aswin Record: Ashwin’s great bravery in WTC! Became the first Indian to perform ‘Ashi’

Pudhari Online Desk: R Ashwin Record: , The first match of the 5-match Test series between India and England is being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. Or England decided to bat first in the match. The English started aggressively. His opening pair made a half-century partnership. But R Ashwin added a pair and then Pahanya Sanghachaya started batting. One wicket fell in one go. R Ashwin did a great job by taking 3 wickets in the first innings. So, he has become the third bowler in the history of the World Test Championship (WTC) to take 150 or more wickets.

‘Ashi’ became the first bowler to perform for India (R Ashwin Record)

Hyderabad Test: Ravichandran Ashwin’s top scorer in the history of Eastern World Test Championship was 148 wickets. But on the first day of the Hyderabad Test, he gave the Indian team the first glory by getting England’s Ben Duketla out LBW. After that, Ashwin bowled Zak Crawley and after the match, Ashwin clean bowled Mark Woodlaw, taking the tally of 151 wickets in the history of WTC.

Ashwin has so far played 31 matches in the history of the World Test Championship and has taken 151 wickets at an average of 26.06. Yadit Pat Cummins (40 in front) and Nathan Lyon (41) are in the first place. Both of them have taken 169-169 wickets. Meanwhile, Ashwin has become the first player from the Indian team to take more wickets in the history of WTC. After Ashwin, the second highest wicket taker for India in the history of WTC is Jasprit Bumrah. He has taken 91 wickets so far.

Ashwin 500 wickets (R Ashwin Record)

So far, 492 wickets have been accumulated in Ashwin’s account in Tests. He will have to bowl only 8 batsmen to complete 500 balls. Ashwin is currently ranked 8th in terms of taking most Test wickets and once crossed the milestone of 500 wickets, by doing so he became the eighth and fourth spin bowler in world cricket.