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Ashwin became the top wicket-taker on Indian pitches
Published - 26-FEB-2024 5:16 IST | Updated - 14-APR-2024 5:38 IST

Ashwin became the top wicket-taker on Indian pitches
Earlier, England were all out for 145 runs in the second innings. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets for India. Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets. Ashwin has now become the bowler taking the most wickets on Indian pitches. Besides, he has also become the Indian bowler who has taken 5 wickets the greatest number of times in an innings. Captain Rohit Sharma has completed 4 thousand runs in Test cricket. Let us know one by one the records made in the third day's play.
Bowler taking most test wickets in India
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has become the bowler taking the most wickets in Tests on Indian pitches. He left behind his own country's legendary spinner Anil Kumble. Ashwin has 354 wickets in his name in 59 Test matches in India, while Kumble has 350 wickets in his name in 63 matches. The third name in this list is that of Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan has 265 wickets in his name.
Fourth bowler to take most wickets at home
Ashwin has come fourth in the list of bowlers taking most wickets in Tests on home grounds. Ashwin left Anil Kumble behind in this list also. The record of taking most wickets on home grounds is in the name of Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan. He has taken 493 wickets in 73 matches on Sri Lankan pitches. After Muttiah, James Anderson has taken 434 wickets in 105 matches in England. Whereas, Stuart Broad is at third place with 398 wickets.
Second bowler to take maximum 5 wickets at home
In the Ranchi Test, Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets in the second innings of England. He is second in the list of bowlers taking most 5 wickets in Tests on home grounds. He has done this feat 27 times. The first name in this list also is that of Muttiah Muralitharan. Muttiah has the record of taking 5 wickets 45 times in Sri Lanka.
Indian bowler who took 5 wickets most number of times
Ashwin jointly ranks first with Anil Kumble in the list of Indian bowlers who have taken 5 wickets most times. Ravichandran has taken 5 wickets in an innings for the 35th time in 99 matches, whereas Kumble took 132 matches to achieve this feat. The third name in this list is that of Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan has taken 5 wickets in an innings 25 times in 103 matches.
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