IND vs SL: Ravichandran Ashwin Goes Past Dale Steyn, Shane Warne To Achieve Sensational Milestones

Senior Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin performed exceptionally well in the recently concluded two-match Test series against Sri Lanka National Cricket Team and finished as the highest wicket-taker.

Ashwin picked up 12 wickets in 4 innings against Sri Lanka in Mohali and Bengaluru Test games. He picked his wickets at an average of 15.08, an economy of 2.61, and a strike rate of 34.6, with his best bowling figures in an innings being 4/47.

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In the second innings of the second match of the two-match Test series at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Sri Lanka National Cricket Team batsman Dhananjaya de Silva for 4 runs and with that wicket, Ashwin went past legendary pacer Dale Steyn to become the 8th highest wicket-taker in the history of Test cricket. Legendary Proteas pacer Steyn had picked 439 wickets in 86 Test games in his enormously successful career.

Now, Ashwin has 442 wickets in 86 Tests and his next target will be to surpass West Indies’ great Courtney Walsh, who picked 519 Test wickets in his career.

Ravichandran Ashwin Goes Past Shane Warne To Achieve Enormous Milestone

Ravichandran Ashwin is the second-highest Indian wicket-taker in Tests having pipped the legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev during the Mohali Test. Also, now he has more wickets against Sri Lanka in Test cricket than legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne, who recently passed away.

Dhananjaya de Silva’s dismissal was Ashwin’s 60th wicket in the 11th game against the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team in the purest format of the game and Warne had managed to pick 59 wickets against Sri Lanka. Only players above Ashwin on that list are Anil Kumble, who had picked 74 wickets in 18 Tests against Sri Lanka, Saeed Ajmal, who had picked 66 wickets in 14 Tests and Wasim Akram, who had picked 63 wickets in 19 matches.

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