New Delhi: India’s premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin achieved the massive feat under his belt on Friday as he picked up 26th 5-wicket haul in Test matches at home. With this, he went passed former spinner Anil Kumble’s of record 25 5-wicket hauls at home in the longest format of the game.
Highest 5-wickets haul in Test at home
This was Ashwin’s 32nd 5-wicket haul in Test cricket as he led India’s bowling attack on Day 2 of the 4th and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Ahmedabad.
Ashwin completed his 5-wickets haul as he removed Todd Murphy for 41 runs in the last session of Day 2. Ashwin scalped his first wicket, which was also India’s first breakthrough as he send back opener Travis Head.
This has been yet another marvellous bowling performance from the senior spinner @ashwinravi99 💪💪
This is his 26th 5-wicket haul in India, the most by any bowler! 🙌🏽🫡#INDvAUS @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/hH3ySuOsEY
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 10, 2023
Breaks Khawaja-Green’s partnership
However, Ashwin waited for more than 3 sessions to pick his second wicket. This was the crucial wicket for India as Cameron Green and Usman Khawaja was building strong partnership. Ashwin’s strike brought an end to a 208-run partnership between Green and Khawaja that ground down the Indian bowling attack.
The 36-years-old spinner, brought back India into the game as he picked up the wickets of Alex Carey (0) and Mitchell Starc (6) in quick succession.
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MOST 5-WICKET HAULS AT HOME
- Muttiah Muralitharan – 45 in 73 matches
- Rangana Herath – 26 in 49 matches
- R Ashwin – 26 in 56* matches
- Anil Kumble – 25 in 53 matches
Pacer Mohammed Shami got 2 wickets, while Axar Patel bagged Usman Khawaja’s wickets and Jadeja removed captain Steve Smith.
Squad
India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.
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Australia: Steve Smith (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.
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