Ravichandran Ashwin Breaks Anil Kumble’s Longstanding Record With His 6/88 Against Bangladesh

Ravichandran Ashwin, an Indian spinner, won the Player of the Match award in his team’s 280-run win over Bangladesh in the first Test in Chennai. Ravichandran Ashwin was awarded for his all-round performance of 113 with the bat and 6/88 with the ball.

Ashwin scored a brilliant ton and with Ravindra Jadeja (86), added 199 runs to help India recover from 144/6 to 376 in the first innings after India was asked to bat first. Ashwin went wicketless as Bangladesh was bowled out for 149 runs as Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets.

In the second Indian innings, Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill scored splendid centuries and added 167 runs as India declared their innings at 287/4, setting Bangladesh 515 runs to win.

However, Bangladesh gave a shot at the total as Shadman Islam (35) and Zakir Hasan (33) gave the team a good start. Then Najmul Hossain Shanto took over and scored 82 runs. With Rohit Sharma looking for wickets, Ravichandran Ashwin stepped in.

He picked 6/88 and Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets as Bangladesh was bowled out for 234 runs. India won the game by 280 runs and went 1-0 up in the two-Test series.

Ravichandran Ashwin breaks Anil Kumble’s record for most wickets in the second innings of a Test

R Ashwin, India’s all-rounder, was the hero of the extraordinary victory, breaking numerous records along the way. R Ashwin had a monster spell of 6-88 in the second innings.

In the second innings, he eclipsed India’s all-time leading wicket-taker, Anil Kumble. Ashwin currently has 99 wickets in the second innings, with Kumble second on 94.

in 35 innings, Ashwin has taken 96 wickets in the fourth innings of a Test at an average of 19.4 and a strike rate of over 45, with the best bowling figures of 7/59. He has taken six five-wicket hauls in the fourth innings of a Test match.

Ravichandran Ashwin also claimed his 11th five-wicket haul in the World Test Championship, becoming the world’s first bowler to do so. He leads the list, followed by Nathan Lyon with ten five-wicket hauls.

Ashwin also eclipsed Pat Cummins to become the World Test Championship’s second-highest wicket-taker. Ashwin now has 180 wickets and only trails Nathan Lyon, who has 187 wickets.

Ravichandran Ashwin also overtook Courtney Walsh’s Test wickets record of 519 and is now on the 8^th spot with 522 wickets to his name.

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