Ashwin can make many records simultaneously in Kanpur test

By News Update On Sep 27, 2024

Indian cricket team's experienced spinner R Ashwin can make five records in his name in the second cricket test match against Bangladesh starting here from Friday. Ashwin has so far taken 99 wickets in the fourth innings of Test cricket. In such a situation, by taking one wicket, he will become the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in the fourth innings. Till now no Indian bowling has achieved this feat. Till now only 5 bowlers in the world have taken 100 or more wickets in the fourth innings. Australia's legendary spinner Shane Warne is at number one in this list with 138 wickets. Apart from this, Nathan Lyon, Rangana Herath, Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenn McGrath have also taken more than 100 wickets in the fourth innings.

He is currently jointly second with Warne in terms of taking most 5 wickets in an innings in Test cricket. And if he takes 5 wickets in Green Park, he will overtake Warne. Apart from this, Ashwin can also break Zaheer Khan's record of taking most wickets against Bangladesh during the Kanpur Test. Zaheer had till now taken 31 wickets against Bangladesh while Ashwin had taken 29 wickets, so if he takes 3 wickets, he will overtake Zaheer. Ashwin can also break Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood's record of taking most wickets in the World Test Championship (WTC) during the Kanpur Test. Hazlewood took 52 wickets in the WTC 2023-25 cycle. Nathan Lyon has the most wickets in the WTC so far with 187 wickets.

If Ashwin takes 8 wickets in Kanpur, he will overtake Lion. Spinner Ashwin can also leave Lion behind in terms of taking most wickets in Test cricket. Ashwin has 522 wickets in his name in Test matches while Lion has 530 wickets in his name. Ashwin needs 9 wickets to overtake Nathan Lyon. Whereas all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has taken 299 wickets in test matches. In such a situation, by taking one wicket, he will join the 11th all-rounder to take 300 wickets and 3000 runs.