India vs Sri Lanka: In the first match of the 2-match Test series being played against Sri Lanka, Indian spin bowler Manav Suthar performed brilliantly and took 10 wickets. He broke the back of Sri Lankan batsmen by taking 4 wickets in the first innings and 6 wickets in the second innings. Along with this he also did a great miracle. He broke the big record of Harbhajan Singh. Bhajji had made this record 17 years ago.
Harbhajan Singh’s record shattered
Before this, Harbhajan Singh had taken 10 wickets in the test match played against Sri Lanka in 2008. Apart from this, R Ashwin has also taken 10 wickets in his name in a test match against Sri Lanka in the year 2017. Now in 2026, Manav Suthar has also taken 10 wickets in a test match against Sri Lanka.
But Bhajji and Ashwin had spent more runs during this period. Bhajji took 10 wickets for 153 runs, while Ashwin took 10 wickets for 160 runs. But during this period, Suthar spent only 131 runs and made 10 batsmen his victims. But the special thing is that Suthar left Bhajji and Ashwin behind in terms of run rate and made a new record in his name.
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Did wonders by taking 17 wickets in 2 matches
Suthar played his second international match against Sri Lanka. Earlier, he had performed brilliantly in his first test match against Afghanistan. He took 6 wickets in the first innings, while he took 1 wicket in the second innings. In this way, he has now completed 17 wickets in 2 test matches. In the first innings of the test match played against Sri Lanka, he took 4 wickets after spending 76 runs in 21.4 overs. Apart from this, in the second innings he made 6 batsmen his victims by spending 55 runs in 23.4 overs.