Ravichandran Ashwin: India’s legendary off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has created history. In the second innings of Dharamsala Test against England, Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets for 64 runs in 11 overs. With this, Ravichandran Ashwin has broken the great record of India’s great leg spinner Anil Kumble.
India vs England 5th Test: India’s legendary off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has created history. In the second innings of Dharamsala Test against England, Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets for 64 runs in 11 overs. With this, Ravichandran Ashwin has broken the great record of India’s great leg spinner Anil Kumble. Ravichandran Ashwin has completed his 36th ‘five wicket haul’ in Test cricket. With this, Ravichandran Ashwin has left behind the record of his compatriot Anil Kumble. Anil Kumble had done the feat of taking 5 or more wickets in an innings 35 times in his Test career.
Ashwin broke Anil Kumble’s great record
On the third day of the fifth Test match being played at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala, Ravichandran Ashwin completed his total of 36 ‘five wicket hauls’ in his Test career. Ravichandran Ashwin achieved this feat by dismissing Ben Fox (8) in the second innings of England. The name of former off-spinner Harbhajan Singh comes at third place in this list. Harbhajan Singh has taken 5 wicket hauls 25 times in Test cricket. Kapil Dev had made the record of 5 wicket haul 23 times in Test cricket.
Bowlers who have taken the most 5 wicket hauls for India (Test)
1. Ravichandran Ashwin – 36 times
2. Anil Kumble – 35 times
3. Harbhajan Singh (India) – 25 times
4. Kapil Dev (India) – 23 times
5. Bhagwat Chandrashekhar (India) – 16 times
Who took the most wickets in test cricket?
Ravichandran Ashwin has so far taken 516 wickets in 100 test matches for India in test cricket. Anil Kumble has taken 619 wickets for India in Test cricket. Talking about taking the most wickets in Test cricket, this record is in the name of Sri Lanka’s legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the maximum number of 800 wickets in Test cricket.
Bowler taking most wickets in test cricket
1. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 800 Test wickets
2. Shane Warne (Australia) – 708 Test wickets
3. James Anderson (England) – 700 Test wickets
4. Anil Kumble (India) – 619 Test wickets
5. Stuart Broad (England) – 604 Test wickets
6. Glenn McGrath (Australia) – 563 Test wickets
7. Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 527 Test wickets
8. Courtney Walsh (West Indies) – 519 Test wickets
9. Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 516 Test wickets
10. Dale Steyn (South Africa) – 439 Test wickets