Indian ace bowler Ravichandran Ashwin has carved a world tally in his caption. He has achieved equivalent to Kapil Dev in the matter of seizing most wickets in red ball cricket. He is combined with Kapil Dev in stints of taking most wickets in Test games for hosts. Ashwin achieved the feat in the ongoing match between India and Sri Lanka in Mohali.
The initial match of the red ball series is being played between India and Sri Lanka in PCA stadium. Batting first, hosts piled up declared 574 runs in the first innings. Coming into bat Sri Lankan team disappointed and all out at modest score of 174 runs in their second innings. During this Ashwin seized two wickets. Hosts had enforced follow-on to visitors with massive lead. Ashwin formulated this title by taking 2 wickets in the second innings of Sri Lanka.
Anil Kumble clenches the roster for seizing most wickets in Test games from hosts. Jumbo in his career seized 619 wickets in 132 games. While Kapil Dev has taken 434 wickets in 131 matches.
Ravichandran Ashwin parallelled Kapil Dev by seizing a wicket against Sri Lanka in Mohali. Ashwin has so far taken 434 wickets in 85 matches.He has taken ten wickets in this layout 7 duration.
