Ashwin just a little away from becoming number one in WTC
Ravichandran Ashwin: The series continues between India and Bangladesh. The second match of the series is currently being played in Kanpur. Ashwin has put Bangladesh on the backfoot by taking two wickets at the end of the fourth day’s play. Meanwhile, Ravichandran Ashwin will have a chance to become the highest wicket-taker in the history of the World Test Championship i.e. WTC. For this he needs to take just a few more wickets from here.
Australia’s Nathan Lyon has taken the most wickets in WTC history.
The bowler who has taken the most wickets in the history of the World Test Championship is Australia’s Nathan Lyon. He has taken 187 wickets after playing 43 test matches so far. If we talk about R Ashwin, he has played only 37 tests so far and has taken 184 wickets. That means they need 4 more wickets to beat Lions. Bangladesh still have 8 batsmen left and the whole day’s play is left. If Ashwin takes four more wickets in his bag, he will become the number one bowler.
Ashwin also has two matches left in the New Zealand series.
The special thing is that even if Ashwin misses this match, he will still have a chance. He can do this work in the New Zealand series also. A three-Test series will be played between India and Bangladesh in October itself. You will get to see Ashwin’s amazing work there too. The interesting thing is that Australia’s Nathan Lyon will not be playing any test match during this period. That means his number of wickets will not increase, but Ashwin will have three test matches.
Overtook Josh Hazlewood by taking most wickets this season
By the way, Ashwin has already become the bowler taking the most wickets in the WTC of this cycle. Talking about this cycle i.e. year 2023 to 25, Ashwin has taken 52 wickets after playing 10 matches so far. Today he has left behind Australia’s Josh Hazlewood. Josh Hazlewood has taken 51 wickets after playing 11 matches. That means Ashwin has already defeated one Australian, now he will have a golden opportunity to defeat another one as well. The work they can do in Kanpur.
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