Ashwin is close to breaking Shane Warne’s great record, will create history as soon as he takes 4 wickets in Kanpur Test today

Cricket News Desk. Ravichandran Ashwin is in tremendous form these days. He took one wicket on the first day of the second Test match against Bangladesh in Kanpur. Due to rain, only 35 overs could be played on the first day and Ashwin also did not get a chance to bowl much. But on the second day, Ashwin can create history by bowling lethal bowling and can also break the record of the great Shane Warne. If Ashwin takes 4 more wickets today i.e. on Saturday, the second day of the match, then he will complete his five-wicket haul.

With this, Ashwin will create a great record. Till now, Ashwin has taken 5 wicket hauls a total of 37 times while playing in 101 Test matches for India. Shane Warne played 145 Test matches for Australia and took 5 wicket hauls a total of 37 times.

By completing another five-wicket haul, Ashwin will break Shane Warne's 18-year-old great record. With this, Ravichandran Ashwin will become the bowler who has taken 5 wicket hauls 38 times in Test cricket and in this matter he will also surpass Shane Warne.

Warne had taken the 37th 5 wicket haul of his career in the Boxing Day Test match played against England in Melbourne 18 years ago i.e. in 2006. Ashwin is now just 4 wickets away from breaking Warne's record. Let us tell you that in Test cricket, Ashwin has so far taken 523 wickets in 101 test matches for India. With Ravichandran Ashwin taking 27 more wickets, he will complete 550 wickets in Tests. However, this feat will not be possible in the Bangladesh Test series.