R Ashwin Test Record: The first Test between India and West Indies was played in Dominica. In this match, Team India registered a spectacular victory by an innings and 141 runs. Indian spinner R Ashwin took 12 wickets in this match. He took 5 wickets in the first innings and 7 wickets in the second innings. With these wickets, Ashwin overtook former Sri Lankan veteran spinner Muttiah Muralitharan by making a very special record.
This is not the first time that Ashwin took 12 or more wickets in Test cricket. He has done this for the 6th time. At the same time, Sri Lankan veteran Muttiah Muralitharan also took 12 or more wickets six times in his career. But, Muralitharan had touched this figure in 133 Test matches and Ashwin had to resort to only 93 Test matches to reach this figure. In this way Ashwin defeated Muttiah Muralitharan.
Apart from this, Ashwin also managed to complete his 700 international wickets in this test. He completed his 709 international wickets by the end of the Test match. With this, he became the second bowler to take the most international wickets for India, surpassing Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan Singh took 707 wickets in his international career. At the same time, Anil Kumble is at number one with 953 wickets in terms of taking the most wickets for India.
Ashwin’s international career so far
Ashwin has so far played 93 Tests, 113 ODIs and 65 T20 Internationals in his career. In Tests, he has taken 486 wickets at an average of 23.21 and scored 3129 runs at an average of 26.96 with the bat. Apart from this, he has taken 151 wickets in ODIs at an average of 33.5. At the same time, in T20 International, he took 72 wickets at an average of 23.22.
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