Ravichandran Ashwin can break these 5 record in IND vs BAN 2nd Test: Ravichandran Ashwin played the biggest role in India's victory against Bangladesh in Chennai. Ashwin first made a blast with his batting and then wreaked havoc in bowling. He came in at a difficult time in Team India's first innings and scored 113 runs and then took 6 wickets in Bangladesh's second innings. In this way, on the basis of his all-round performance, Ashwin led India to a victory by 280 runs, as well as made many big records in his name.
Now India has to play the second and final match of the two-match Test series against Bangladesh at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. This match will start from September 27. In such a situation, Ashwin will once again have a chance to make some special records in his name. In this article, we are going to mention 5 such records.
Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is in first place in terms of taking most wickets in the current cycle of the World Test Championship, while R Ashwin is in second place. Hazlewood has taken 51 wickets. In such a situation, Ashwin, who has taken 48 wickets, will have a chance to go to the first place by taking four wickets against Bangladesh in Kanpur.
Ravichandran Ashwin has so far taken 750 wickets in 282 matches in all three formats in his career and is ranked 12th in the list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets in international cricket. If Ashwin manages to take 12 wickets in Kanpur, then he will overtake former Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas (761 wickets) and come to the 11th position.
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Ashwin has taken 180 wickets in 69 innings of 36 matches so far in the World Test Championship, which started in 2019, and is the second most successful bowler. Australia's Nathan Lyon is in first place with 187 wickets in 43 matches. Ashwin can reach the top by taking 8 wickets in the second Test against Bangladesh.
In the Chennai Test, Ashwin took 6 wickets, surpassing West Indies' Courtney Walsh (519 wickets) in the list of most successful bowlers in Test cricket and came to the eighth position with 522 wickets. Now if Ashwin takes 9 wickets in Kanpur, he will have a chance to overtake Nathan Lyon (530 wickets) who is in seventh place.
If Ashwin overtakes Nathan Lyon in terms of taking the most wickets in Test cricket in the match to be played in Kanpur, then he will again become the most successful bowler among active players in this format. Apart from Ashwin and Lyon, the top 6 bowlers have retired. In such a situation, Ashwin will have a chance to make this record in his name as well.
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