Ravichandran Ashwin surpassed former captain Kapil Dev to develop into India’s third-highest wicket-taker in worldwide cricket in the course of the second day of the third Test on the Holkar Cricket Stadium in opposition to Australia in Indore on Thursday.
Ashwin trapped Alex Carey in entrance of the wickets for lbw to get his 688th scalp in 347th innings to topple Kapil who had 687 wickets in 448 innings for India.
Ashwin has 466 wickets in 171 innings, averaging 23.93 within the longest format. He has 151 scalps in One-Dayers and in addition has 72 wickets in 65 T20Is to his identify.
Most wickets for India throughout codecs (innings):
- 953 (499) – Anil Kumble
- 707 (442) – Harbhajan Singh
- 688* (347) – Ravichandran Ashwin
- 687 (448) – Kapil Dev
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Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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