Ravichandran Ashwin Creates HISTORY, Becomes First Indian To...

India are currently taking on Bangladesh in the first Test of the two-match series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Most eyes in the crowd were on local hero and legendary off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to see how ho performs on home ground. It has been a solid Test match for him, especially with the bat in hand, having scored a century in the first innings. Ashwin has now woven his magic with the ball in the fourth innings, and has managed to create history.Ravichandran Ashwin has picked three of the four Bangladesh wickets that fell during Day 3 of the match.

Ravichandran Ashwin Creates WTC HistoryRavichandran Ashwin has created history in the 1st Test against Bangladesh. With his three wicket on Day 4, Ashwin now has 176 wickets in the World Test Championship. He now becomes the first Indian to take 175 wickets in the history of the competition. He becomes the third bowler in the world after Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins to achieve this feat. He also overtakes Cummins to go second in the list of all-time highest wicket-takers in the history of the WTC. Here are the bowlers with the most number of wickets in the WTC:Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 187Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 176Pat Cummins (Australia) – 175Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 147Stuart Broad (England) – 134 R Ashwin Breaks Multiple Records With CenturyWhen India were in trouble at 144/6 in the first innings, it was Ravichandran Ashwin who turned things around with a brilliant knock of 113 from 133 balls. This was his 6th century in Tests, as he equalled the tally of the great MS Dhoni. Ashwin became the first player in history to thus score 20 fifty-plus scores and 30+ five-wicket hauls in Tests. He also became the 5th player and 2nd Indian to take multiple five-wicket hauls and hit multiple centuries in the same venue.