Ashwin, who made his Test debut in 2011, had beforehand dismissed Tagenarine Chanderpaul‘s father, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, throughout Ashwin’s maiden look in Test cricket.
In a Test match 12 years in the past, Ashwin trapped Shivnarine Chanderpaul in entrance of the wickets within the second innings.Ashwin, who had 474 Test wickets earlier than this match, bowled a superb supply to dismiss Tagenarine Chanderpaul, including him to the record of father and son pairs he has dismissed throughout his profession.
Interestingly, the Chanderpauls characteristic thrice on this distinctive record, as each Shivnarine and Tagenarine had been dismissed by Ashwin, whereas Australian quick bowler Mitchell Starc and South African off-spinner Simon Harmer are the opposite two bowlers who’ve achieved this feat in opposition to the Chanderpauls.
This achievement highlights Ashwin’s talent and consistency as a bowler in Test cricket and provides one other noteworthy accomplishment to his already spectacular Test profession.
May be it’s got to do with Chanderpaul senior’s longevity as he retired as late as 2015, whereas his son made his debut in Tests final yr.
The different two bowlers to realize the feat are England all-rounder Ian Botham and Pakistan legend Wasim Akram.
Their feat was additionally eerily related as they dismissed the New Zealand father son duo of Lance and Chris Cairns.
Going into lunch on Day 1 of the opening Test, Ashwin had already picked up 699 worldwide wickets throughout codecs with 476 of them coming in Tests.
(With PTI inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com