Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 450 wickets in Test matches throughout the first Test match between India and Australia on the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday.
The 36-year-old took the wicket of Australian wicket-keeper batsman Alexi Carey to achieve the milestone. Ashwin is now the second highest wicket-taker within the historical past of Indian cricket after veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble.
🚨 Milestone Alerts 🚨
4⃣5⃣0⃣ Test wickets and going robust 🙌 🙌Congratulations @ashwinravi99 as he turns into solely the second #WorkforceIndia Cricketer after Anil Kumble to take 4⃣5⃣0⃣ or extra Test wickets 👏 👏
Follow Match ▶️ https://t.co/SwTGoyHfZx #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/vwXa5Mil9W
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2023
However, the magician achieved the second quickest tempo in 89 Tests behind Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who achieved the feat in solely 80 Tests.
Carey, who seemed poor within the morning session, bought into his stride after taking up Ashwin and dismissed Australian skipper Pat Cummins for six earlier than giving the ultimate wicket of the innings to Scott Boland.
Australia have been bowled out for 177 runs. After a great session within the first session of the morning, Australia misplaced their method within the afternoon. At the tea break, the viewers had lowered to 174-8. Lost the remaining two wickets very quickly after the tea break.
Marnus Labuschagne 49(123) and Steve Smith 37(107) who seemed snug within the morning have been dismissed by left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja within the post-lunch session.
Jadeja has topped the Indian bowling with 5 wickets. Ashwin took three wickets. Siraj and Shami took one wicket every.
Earlier within the day, Cummins received the toss and determined to bat first. Todd Murphy made his debut for Australia. KS Bharath and Suryakumar Yadav acquired their maiden Test caps for India.
India want to get a great lead within the first innings.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
