IND vs AUS: Ashwin Breaks Warne & Harbhajan's Record, Equals Kumble's Historic Feat With Fifer Vs Australia

Team India's senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin attained many milestones by taking a match-winning fifer in the second innings.

Ashwin hogged the limelight by taking a fiery fifer to help India beat Australia in Nagpur Test.

Source : PTI

Team India made a winning start in the four-Test Border-Gavaskar series against Australia. The hosts outclassed world No. 1 Test team Australia by an innings and 132 runs in IND vs AUS 1st Test in Nagpur to take 1-0 lead in the series.

The spin bowlers did wonders for India in the 1st Test. Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets in the first innings and two wickets in the second innings. Ashwin picked three wickets in the first innings and five wickets in the second innings.

Ravichandran Ashwin attained many milestones by taking a match-winning fifer in the second innings.

Ashwin now has taken five or more wickets in an innings of a Test for the 31st time. The cricketer who tops this list is Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (67 times), followed by Australia's Shane Warne (37), New Zealand's Richard Hadlee (36), India's Anil Kumble (35).

Ashwin has now taken five or more wickets in a Test innings at home 25 times, equalling Anil Kumble (25) and is now behind Sri Lankan stars Rangana Herath (26) and Muralitharan (45) in the elite list.

Ashwin has now taken 320 wickets at home (Indian soil), surpassing Australia's Shane Warne (319 wickets in Australia) in terms of taking the most wickets at home in Test cricket. Anil Kumble (350), England's Stuart Broad (370), James Anderson (429) and Muralitharan (493) are ahead of Ashwin in this list.

Ashwin is now at the second place in terms of taking the most wickets in the Test matches between India and Australia. The senior spinner has taken 97 wickets in 19 Tests between India and Australia.

With this, Ashwin surpassed Harbhajan Singh (95 wickets in 18 Tests). Former Indian skipper and spin legend Anil Kumble is ahead of Ashwin in the elite list with 111 wickets in 20 IND vs AUS Tests. Nathan Lyon (95 wickets in 23 Tests) is behind Ashwin among the active players. Ravindra Jadeja has taken 70 wickets in 13 IND vs AUS Tests.