Nathan Lyon of Australia reacts after bowling in the course of the second day of the 2nd Cricket Test match between India and Australia in New Delhi, India, Saturday, February 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Australian spin bowler Nathan Lyon grew to become the third bowler to take 100 Test wickets towards India. With this feat, he joined Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan and England’s James Anderson in an elite checklist. He additionally completed the uncommon feat of registering his eighth half-century in Tests towards India. On Saturday, the spinner single-handedly dismantled the Indian top-order by selecting up the wickets of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara. They additionally removed India’s finest participant of spin within the type of Shreyas Iyer in addition to wicket-keeper Sreekar Bharat.
On Friday, India’s veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin created an analogous file when he grew to become the second bowler to cross the 100-wicket mark in an India vs Australia Test. With the dismissal of Alex Carey within the second Test towards Australia in Delhi, Ashwin reached 100 wickets towards the Aussies, behind solely legendary spinner Anil Kumble who has 111 wickets.
Meanwhile, his spin twin, Ravindra Jadeja achieved his private milestone when he dismissed Usman Khawaja to assert his 250th Test wicket. With this, Jadeja left behind Kapil Dev, Richard Hadlee and Shaun Pollock.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
