IND vs WI: Ravichandran Ashwin Overtakes Harbhajan Singh To Become India's Second-Highest Wicket-Taker In International Cricket

Ravichandran Ashwin took 12/131 in the first Test against West Indies in Dominica as the Men in Blue won the first Test by an innings and 141 runs. In the process, India are currently topping the WTC 2023-25 points table with 100 PCT points.

Ravichandran Ashwin broke who broke several records in the match overtook Harbhajan Singh to become India’s second-highest wicket-taker in international cricket. With this performance, Ashwin now has 709 wickets in 271 international matches at an average of 25.67. This includes 27 four-wicket hauls, 34 five-wicket hauls, and 8 ten-wicket hauls in international cricket.

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Ravichandran Ashwin Surpasses Harbhajan Singh

Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh retired from international cricket with 707 international wickets. in 365 matches at an average of 32.59 and best figures of 8/84. This includes 19 four-wicket hauls, 28 fifers, and 5 ten-wicket hauls in international cricket.

Former Indian spinner Anil Kumble still leads the list of top wicket-takers for India with 953 in 401 matches at an average of 30.06 with best figures of 10/74. This includes 39 four-wicket hauls, 37 five-wicket hauls, and eight ten-wicket hauls.

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Speaking about the Test match, India declared their first innings on 421/5 on day 3. Yashasvi Jaiswal on debut scored 171. Virat Kohli scored a stylish 76. Shubman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane missed out scoring only 6 and 3 respectively. Ravindra Jadeja was unbeaten on 37 while Ishan Kishan was on 2 when Rohit Sharma declared.

India still had enough time to bowl out West Indies on day 3 with Ashwin picking 7/71 in the second innings after his spell of 5/60 in the first. Jadeja picked up 2/38 and Mohammed Siraj picked 1. Jaiswal for his stellar innings of 171 was chosen as the Man of the Match.

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Indian skipper Rohit Sharma sounded very pleased after the win. He congratulated his bowlers for the win and had special praise for Yashasvi Jaiswal on his debut.

“Every run you score for the country is important. I would like to start by saying it was a great effort with the ball. Getting them out for 150 set the game for us. We knew batting would get tough, it wasn’t easy to score runs. We knew we wanted to bat only once and bat long. Get over 400 runs and then we came out and bowled really well” said Rohit on the win.

“He has the talent, he has shown us in the past that he is ready. Came and batted sensibly. The temperament was also tested, at no stage he was panicking. The chats we had were to remind him that ‘you belong here. You have done the hard yards, enjoy your time here” said Rohit on Jaiswal.

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