Back into the side after being dropped from the WTC Final, Ravichandran Ashwin was at his best against West Indies in the first Test in Dominica as he returned with another five-wicket haul.
It took him only 3 overs to make his first strike and soon after his second, dismissing both the WI openers. He returned later on to clean things up in the lower order and complete a five-fer.
Here are some major records broken and achieved by Ravichandran Ashwin on Day 1 vs West Indies:
700 international wickets
Ashwin enters the elite tally of bowlers with 700 or more international wickets. He now has 702 international wickets to his name; among Indians, he’s third on the list, only behind Anil Kumble (953) and Harbhajan Singh (707).
33rd five-wicket haul in international cricket
Among Indians, only Kumble has more five-wicket hauls – 37 – than R Ashwin’s tally of 33. He’s likely to go past Kumble in this tally by the end of his career. Harbhajan Singh took 28 five-fers.
Ashwin has not got a single five-wicket haul in ODIs or T20Is; all his five-fers have come in Tests.
Ashwin left behind James Anderson, who has 32 five-fers in his Test career so far which is coming to an end.
Ravi Ashwin surpasses Jimmy Anderson in the list of most five wicket hauls in Tests. pic.twitter.com/OvHXTsg0L7
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 12, 2023
Most five-wicket hauls among active players in Tests:
Ravichandran Ashwin – 33*
James Anderson – 32 pic.twitter.com/zDTG5tcjem
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 12, 2023
Most bowled dismissals by Indians
R Ashwin now tops the list of most bowled dismissals by Indians bowlers in Test cricket. He has cleaned up batters 95 times, going past Kumble’s tally of 94 bowled dismissals.
Most Test wickets taken bowled by Indians:
95 – R ASHWIN
94 – Anil Kumble
88 – Kapil Dev
66 – Mohammed Shami
64 – Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
64 – Ravindra Jadeja
65 wickets against West Indies
Ashwin has been phenomenal in Tests against West Indies. He’s taken 65 wickets in only 12 Tests against West Indies at an average of 21. Among Indians, three bowlers have taken more wickets against West Indies, but all three of them have a much higher average than Ashwin: Kapil Dev (89 wickets at 24), Kumble (74 wickets at 29), and S Venkataraghavan (68 wickets at 39).
Ashwin has 5 five-wicket hauls against West Indies in Tests, which is the 4th most in the world, and the joint-most by an Indian bowler; Harbhajan also had 5 five-fers vs WI.
Against West Indies in West Indies
Ashwin has three five-fers against WI in West Indies, which is the joint-third most in the world by any bowler. Glenn McGrath leads the tally with 6 five-wicket hauls against WI in WI.
