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R Ashwin reached second place in terms of taking wickets in WTC.
Team India’s veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin did not get a single wicket in the first innings of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai. In this innings, he performed brilliantly with the bat and scored a century but did not get any wicket while bowling. But in the second innings, he has started giving trouble to the Bangladeshi batsmen by taking 3 wickets.
Ashwin overtakes Pat Cummins
With these three wickets, Ashwin has reached the second position in the list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets in the World Test Championship. He has achieved this position by leaving behind Australian captain Pat Cummins. Australia’s star spinner Nathan Lyon is at the top of this list. R Ashwin has so far taken a total of 177 wickets in 69 innings of 36 WTC matches. During this, his average has been 20.60. Ashwin has also taken five-wicket haul 10 times during this period.
Pat Cummins is third on this list with 175 wickets, while Nathan Lyon is at the top with 187 wickets. Ashwin now needs 11 wickets to overtake Nathan Lyon. After Chennai, India will play the second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur. After this, Team India will host New Zealand for three Test matches before leaving for Australia. It is expected that Ashwin will overtake Lyon in this list before the start of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Most wickets in WTC
Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 187
Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 177*
Pat Cummins (Australia) – 175
Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 147
Stuart Broad (England) – 134
If we talk about this match, then on the basis of R Ashwin’s century in the first innings, Team India was able to reach a score of 376. At one point India had lost 6 wickets for 144 runs, then Ashwin along with Jadeja made a partnership of 199 runs for the 7th wicket and took the team to a big score.
Bangladesh’s first innings was limited to 149 runs. India gained a lead of 227 runs after the first innings. In the second innings, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant batted brilliantly for Team India, on the basis of centuries of these two future star players, India declared its innings after scoring 287 runs. India set a target of 515 runs for Bangladesh to win, in response to which the visiting team had lost 4 wickets for 158 runs by the end of the third day’s play.
