India’s ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin accomplished 700 wickets in worldwide cricket on Wednesday throughout day one of many first Test match in opposition to West Indies at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica.
Ashwin reached the feat with the wicket of Alzarri Joseph within the 53rd over, adopted by the scalp of debutant Alick Athanaze within the fifty fifth over, who scored a well-fought 47 earlier than Shardul Thakur accomplished a straightforward catch at mid-on.
He grew to become the third Indian after Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh and seventeenth total to get to the milestone.
The 36-year-old has 477 Test scalps to his title along with 151 ODI wickets and 72 T20I wickets.
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Ashwin who made a comeback into the staff after being dropped for the World Test Championship (WTC) last in opposition to Australia took his first wicket of the day, dismissing opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul for 12.
West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite tried to take the sport to Ashwin, hitting sweeps and lofted photographs down the bottom and over cow nook. But the grasp spinner outsmarted the opener, preserving the ball exterior off and forcing the batter to edge one straight up and into captain Rohit Sharma’s arms at cowl.
He completed the innings with the figures of 24.3-6-60-5, recording his thirty third five-wicket-haul in Test matches.
Most wickets for India in International Cricket
Anik Kumble – 953 wickets in 449 innings
Harbhajan Singh – 707 wickets in 442 innings
Ravichandran Ashwin – 702* wickets in 351 innings
Kapil Dev – 687 wickets in 448 innings
Zahir Khan – 597 wickets in 373 innings
Table up to date after first innings of India vs West Indies 1st Test on twelfth July.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com