Nathan Lyon turns into first Australian to take 100 wickets in Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Nathan Lyon grew to become the third bowler and the primary Australian to choose 100 wickets within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy throughout the second day of the second Test between India and Australia on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.

Anil Kumble is the main wicket-taker within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, with 111 wickets in 20 matches at a mean of 30.32. On Friday, Ravichandran Ashwin grew to become the second participant to choose 100 BGT wickets throughout the first day of the second Test with the wicket of Alex Carey. Ashwin additionally achieved the feat in his twentieth match.

Lyon reached the milestone in his twenty fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy sport with the wicket of KS Bharat and accomplished his fifer. The off-spinner had picked the wickets of KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer earlier within the day. The subsequent Australia on the record for many wickets within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is Brett Lee, who’s eighth with 53 wickets in 12 matches.