Ravichandran Ashwin took his 36th 5 wicket haul in Test cricket.
experienced spinner Ravichandran Ashwin His 100th Test has been memorable. He played an important role in India’s victory by taking five wickets on the third day of the fifth Test match played against England in Dharamsala. Let us tell you that on Saturday, the Indian team defeated England by an innings and 64 runs and won the five-match series 4-1.
Ashwin took four wickets in the first innings, while taking five wickets in the second innings to register match figures of 9/128, his best figures in his 100th game. Great Sri Lankan spinner before this Muttiah Muralitharan He recorded this record with figures of 9/141 in his 100th Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram 2006.
Apart from this, Ravichandran Ashwin took his 36th 5 wicket haul in Test cricket. With this, Ashwin has left behind veteran spinner Anil Kumble in terms of taking maximum 5 wickets for India in Tests. He equaled Sir Richard Hadlee for third place in the list of most number of wickets in Test history and is behind only Shane Warne (37) and Muralitharan (67).
Completed 500 test wickets in Rajkot
Earlier, Ashwin also completed his 500 Test wickets during the third Test against England in Rajkot and became the second fastest bowler to achieve the feat in 98 Tests. Ashwin took a total of 26 wickets in the series and was the leading wicket taker.
Talking about the match, in response to England’s 218 runs, India scored 477 runs in the first innings thanks to the centuries of Shubman Gill (110) and Rohit Sharma (103) and took a huge lead of 259 runs. England collapsed for just 195 runs in their second innings and lost the match by a huge margin of innings and 46 runs.
Kuldeep Yadav was adjudged Player of the Match for taking seven wickets and 30 runs in the match, while Yashasvi Jaiswal was adjudged Player of the Series. He scored 712 runs in the series.