New Delhi. Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets on the fourth day of the Kanpur Test match against Bangladesh. The Indian off-spinner has created history with this. Ashwin has become the first bowler in the world to take more than 50 wickets in all three editions of the World Test Championship.
The fourth day of the India-Bangladesh Test match proved to be very exciting. On this day both the teams together scored 437 runs and also took 18 wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin got 3 of these wickets. With this, Ashwin completed his 50 wickets in the current cycle of WTC 2023-25. Ashwin achieved this feat by dismissing Shakib Al Hasan in the first innings of Bangladesh. After this, Ashwin took 2 wickets in the second innings of Bangladesh also.
Ashwin overtook Hazlewood
38 year old R Ashwin now has 52 wickets in his name in the current season of WTC. No one has been able to take more wickets than him. Australia's Josh Hazlewood is in second place with 51 wickets. After Ashwin and Hazlewood, Pat Cummins (48) is in third place.
Lions have to be left behind by 6 wickets
Ravichandran Ashwin had earlier taken 71 wickets in the first edition of the WTC (2019-21). He was second in terms of taking most wickets in the first edition. After this, he took 61 wickets in the second edition. Overall, Ashwin has taken 182 wickets in 37 matches across the three editions of the WTC. As soon as he takes six more wickets, he will leave behind Nathan Lyon (187).
India on the way to victory in Kanpur Test
Talking about Kanpur Test, India restricted Bangladesh to 233 runs in the first innings. After this he declared his first innings after scoring 285 runs for 9 wickets. In this way he got a lead of 52 runs over Bangladesh. After this, India also took 2 wickets for 26 runs in the second innings of Bangladesh. In this way, Bangladesh team is 26 runs behind India even after losing 2 wickets in the second innings. Now there is pressure on Bangladesh to save the match. India is trying to win the match by dismissing Bangladesh early.
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first published : September 30, 2024, 10:27 pm IST
