Ravi Ashwin has registered his name in the history books after becoming the Indian bowler who took the highest wicket in Test cricket against England. The veteran player left behind legendary leg spinner Bhagwat Chandrashekhar, who took 95 wickets from 23 wickets, including 8 five-wicket hauls.

Off spinner Dr. Y.S. against England in the stadium India Record made on the fourth day of the second Test. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. Before the Test match, Ashwin was 2 wickets behind breaking this record. But he did not get a single wicket in the first innings of this test match.

R Ashwin wreaked havoc with the ball in the second innings of Visakhapatnam Test.

However, Ashwin in the second innings England Trapped the batsmen in their spin. He LBWed opener Ben Duckett on Sunday. Duckett scored 28 runs in 27 balls with the help of 6 fours. He made a partnership of 50 runs for the first wicket with Jack Crawley (73).

Ollie Pope became Ashwin’s second victim. Pope was caught out by Rohit Sharma after scoring 23 runs in 21 balls on the fourth day of the Test match. Ashwin got Joe Root (16 in 10 balls) caught by Axar Patel. Let us tell you that while chasing the target of 399 runs, England were in a lot of trouble till the lunch break of the fourth day.

At the end of the first session, England’s score was 194/6 in 42.4 overs. While Ashwin took three wickets, fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took one wicket each. Ashwin has reached the threshold of completing 500 Test wickets. He has taken 499 wickets in Test cricket. He will be the second bowler after Anil Kubale to take 500 wickets for India.

Indian bowler who took most test wickets against England

• 96 – R Ashwin
• 95 – BS Chandrashekhar
• 92 – Anil Kumble
• 85 – Bishan Bedi
• 85- Kapil Dev
• 67 – Ishant Sharma