Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday became the second most successful Test wicket-taker for India. The off-spinner?achieved the feat with the wicket of Charith Asalanka on?Day 3 of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Mohali.
IND Vs SL: Ravichandran Ashwin Surpasses Kapil Dev To Become India's 2nd-Highest Wicket-Taker In Tests
Ravi Ashwin overtook Kapil Dev's 434 Test wickets on Day 3 of the first India vs Sri Lanka Test. Anil Kumble leads the Indian chart with 619 scalps.
Ravichandran Ashwin now has 436 wickets in 85 matches.
Ravichandran Ashwin now has 436 wickets in 85 matches.
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With his third scalp in the Sri Lankan second innings, the?35-year-old overtook legendary pacer and former India?captain Kapil Dev's 434 Test scalps. Kapil had played 131?matches.
Ashwin, who reached the landmark in his 85th match, is now only behind Anil Kumble's 619 scalps. The legendary?leg spinner, who played 132 Test, is fourth in the all-time?list, behind fellow spinners Muttiah Muralitharan (800),?Shane Warne (708) and pacer James Anderson (640).
Ashwin is now ninth in that list. Ahead of him are Dale?Steyn (439), Courtney Walsh (519), Stuart Broad (537) and?Glenn McGrath (563).
Meanwhile, Kapil Dev has congratulated Ashwin for his record-breaking feat on Sunday.
The 1983 World Cup-winning Indian captain has sent a bouquet of flowers for Ashwin and wrote, "Congratulations! Truly happy you have broken my records. You have made India proud. Wishing you and family all the good luck."?
Ashwin began the match with 430 scalps and claimed two?wickets in the first innings, registering figures of 2/49, as?India took a mammoth 400-run lead. Ashwin also scored 61?runs with the bat.
Only four Indian bowlers -- Kumble, Ashwin, Kapil and?Harbhajan Singh -- have taken more than 400 wickets in Test cricket.
India, riding on Ravindra Jadeja's 175 not out and Rishabh?Pant's 96, declared their first innings on 574/8 in 129.2?overs.
Sri Lanka were dismissed for 174 in 65 overs with Jadeja?claiming a five-wicket haul (5/41).
India then enforced the follow-on and clean up Sri Lanka?for 178 in 60 overs to win the match by an innings and 222?runs.
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