AUS vs IND 3rd Test Day 3: Ravichandran Ashwin goes past Muralitharan, Warne for incredible record
Cricket | January 09, 2021 11:25 ISTRavichandran Ashwin has gone past Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne for an incredible feat in Test cricket.
Ravichandran Ashwin has gone past Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne for an incredible feat in Test cricket.
Pucovski hit an impressive 62 after missing the first two Tests of the series due to concussion-related issues.
Siraj, who took five wickets in the debut Test in Melbourne, further said that the ball is coming on to the bat quite well at the SCG.
While Ashwin is currently leading the wicket-takers' chart with 10 scalps, Jadeja's half-century and the hundred plus stand with skipper Rahane in the second Test formed the cornerstone of India's eight-wicket win in Melbourne.
Ashwin was integral to India's eight-wicket win at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), returning with figures of 3/35 an 2/28 in the two innings he bowled in.
It took less than an entire four days for the same Indian team, who were without four of their main players - Kohli, Shami, Ishant Sharma and injured Umesh Yadav - to wrap up an epic comeback, one to be part of India's cricket folklore for ages to come.
India have taken a 131-run lead in the first innings after scoring 326 against Australia's 195.
On Saturday, Pant, who is often touted as the next Dhoni, assumed the role of his predecessor when he adviced senior spinner Ashwin on how to dismiss Matthew Wade
With the dismissal, Ashwin became the first spinner to take two wickets inside the first 15 overs of the opening innings on Australian soil since 2001.
Gavaskar took a dig at Kohli, who got permission to leave the tour of Australia to attend the birth of his child, while T Natarajan who became a father during the IPL playoffs is yet to see his daughter.
Lyon said he cannot compare himself to Ashwin as they are different bowlers, but added that he tries to learn from the spinner when he tours India.
Ashwin took 4 for 55 as Australia were bowled out for 191 in reply to India's first-innings total of 244 on the second day of the pink ball match.
Ravichandran Ashwin's four for 55 is his best performance in countries outside Asia and West Indies, as Australia were skittled out for 191.
India had made 244 in their first innings.
While Lyon has 391 wickets, Ashwin is close behind with 369 scalps.
Ashwin showcased his class by taking four wickets, including the prized scalp of Steve Smith, as Australia were bowled out for 191 in the first innings on day two of the pink ball Test at the Adelaide Oval.
Ashwin finished with 4 for 55, the best figures for any visiting spinner in a day-night Test in Australia and his personal best Down Under surpassing his 4/105 at the SCG in 2015.
Courtesy Ashwin's 4/55, India successfully neutralised a sub-par first innings score of 244. Rival skipper Tim Paine (73 off 99 balls) was the only home batsman to show stomach for a fight.
In the recently-concluded IPL edition in the UAE, Ashwin scalped 13 wickets in 15 games at an economy of 7.66.
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