{"id":16844,"date":"2023-03-02T14:53:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/02\/ind-vs-aus-ravichandran-ashwin-leapfrogs-kapil-dev-to-accomplish-a-special-milestone-for-india\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T14:53:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:53:05","slug":"ind-vs-aus-ravichandran-ashwin-leapfrogs-kapil-dev-to-accomplish-a-special-milestone-for-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/02\/ind-vs-aus-ravichandran-ashwin-leapfrogs-kapil-dev-to-accomplish-a-special-milestone-for-india\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs AUS: Ravichandran Ashwin leapfrogs Kapil Dev to accomplish a special milestone for India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Team India\u2019s frontline spin bowler <strong>Ravichandran Ashwin<\/strong> returned with impressive bowling figures on <a href=\"https:\/\/crickettimes.com\/scorecard\/127189\/australia-tour-of-india-2023\/59811\/india-vs-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 of the ongoing third Test<\/a> at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. The experienced campaigner trapped Aussie batters in his spin mystery and helped the hosts pack the tourists inside the 200-run mark.<\/p>\n<p>Ashwin took three wickets in the form of <strong>Peter Handscomb<\/strong>, <strong>Alex Carey<\/strong> and <strong>Nathan Lyon<\/strong> to assist India in limiting the Australians\u2019 lead. During his scintillating performance, the Chennai-born also achieved a special milestone when he surpassed the legendary <strong>Kapil Dev<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><amp-ad noloading=\"\" width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9195056396268201\" data-ad-slot=\"7342653436\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:100vw;height:320px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ashwin went past World Cup-winning skipper Kapil to become the third-highest wicket-taker for India in international cricket. The clever off-spinner now has 689 international wickets in 347 innings, while Kapil had 687 scalps in 448 innings.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the top two positions, they are being held by spin maestros <strong>Anil Kumble<\/strong> and <strong>Harbhajan Singh<\/strong>. While Kumble has 953 wickets across the formats, Bhajji has taken 707 scalps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most wickets for India across formats (innings):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><amp-ad noloading=\"\" width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9195056396268201\" data-ad-slot=\"7342653436\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:100vw;height:320px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>953 (499)<\/strong> \u2013 Anil Kumble<\/li>\n<li><strong>707 (442)<\/strong> \u2013 Harbhajan Singh<\/li>\n<li><strong>688* (347)<\/strong> \u2013 Ravichandran Ashwin<\/li>\n<li><strong>687 (448)<\/strong> \u2013 Kapil Dev<\/li>\n<li><strong>597 (373)<\/strong> \u2013 Zaheer Khan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When it comes to Test cricket alone, Ashwin now has 466 wickets in 91 matches at an outstanding average of 23.92, and an economy rate of 2.77 with 31 five-wicket hauls and seven 10-wicket hauls. He is only behind Kumble in terms of most wickets tally for India. Overall, the 36-year-old is the ninth leading wicket-taker in red-ball history.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the match, after packing Australia for 197, India were trailing by 88 runs only. However, in response, the hosts yet again came up with a disappointing show and got all out for 163, to give Australia a target of only 76 runs to win the third Test.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from <strong>Cheteshwar Pujara<\/strong>, no other batter could stand up against a high-quality Aussie spin attack led by <strong>Nathan Lyon,<\/strong> who picked up a sensational 8-wicket haul for 64 runs in 23.3 overs. Pujara was the highest scorer for India with 59 off 142 balls, including 5 fours and a six.<\/p>\n<p><amp-ad noloading=\"\" width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9195056396268201\" data-ad-slot=\"7342653436\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:100vw;height:320px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crickettimes.com\/2023\/03\/ind-vs-aus-ravichandran-ashwin-leapfrogs-kapil-dev-to-accomplish-a-special-milestone-for-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team India\u2019s frontline spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin returned with impressive bowling figures on Day 2 of the ongoing third Test at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. The experienced campaigner trapped Aussie batters in his spin mystery and helped the hosts pack the tourists inside the 200-run mark. Ashwin took three wickets in the form of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6803],"tags":[1147,87,164,1149,1072,88,189],"class_list":{"0":"post-16844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-australia-tour-of-india-2023","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-india","11":"tag-indvaus","12":"tag-kapil-dev","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-ravichandran-ashwin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}