IND BAN 1st Test: Ravi Ashwin Big Record –India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin loves breaking records in Tests. This time, the off-spinner failed to get past Kapil Dev’s record of 3000 Test runs 400 Test wickets. Currently, he needs 11 runs to get to 3000 Test runs. With this special double, Ashwin will join Kapil Dev as the only second Indian to this record. Follow IND vs BAN 1ST Test Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Apart from Ashwin, Kapil Dev, Shane Warne, Anil Kumble, Stuart Broad, Shaun Pollack, Wasim Akram & Richard Hadlee are other all-rounders to pick 400 plus wickets and score 2500 runs in Test cricket.
IND BAN 1st Test: Ravichandran Ashwin misses BIG Record in 1st innings, 11 runs AWAY from becoming only 2nd Indian to complete 3000 Test Runs and 400 Test wickets: Follow Live Updates
IND BAN 1st Test: Ravi Ashwin steps up in absence of Ravindra Jadeja, eyes another historic milestone
- The onus was on Ashwin to lend batting solidarity to India in absence of Ravindra Jadeja.
- The Tamil Nadu all-rounder did just that and allowed India to get to a competitive total of 300 plus.
- With this record, Ashwin now has set sights on another milestone – 3000 Test runs.
- With this incredible achievement, the all-rounder will only be the second Indian after Kapil to score 3000 plus runs and take 400 plus wickets.
- Kumble could not score 3000 Test runs as he ended his Test career on 2506 runs.
- Ashwin can easily break the record and join the other legendary cricketers Pollack, Hadlee, Broad, Kapil Dev, and Warne.
- While Ashwin’s batting is always under the scanner, in the last two years in Test cricket, the all-rounder is averaging 30 plus.
- Ashwin the bowler has been exceptional in sub-continent conditions picking over 100 wickets in two years in Test cricket.
IND BAN 1st Test: Ravichandran Ashwin misses BIG Record in 1st innings, 11 runs AWAY from becoming only 2nd Indian to complete 3000 Test Runs and 400 Test wickets: Follow Live Updates