New Delhi: In the fourth Test between India and England at the JSCA Stadium, R Ashwin scripted history as he became the first Asian to take 100 wickets and score 1000 runs against the Three Lions. The Rohit Sharma-led side dominated the first session of the fourth match of the five-match Test series being played in Ranchi and sent half of England’s team to the pavilion for 112 runs.
Debutant fast bowler Akash Deep pushed England on the backfoot by taking 3 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin also took 1 wicket each. Ashwin, who completed 500 Test wickets in the 3rd Test, scripted another mega record in the ongoing match.
After dismissing Jonny Bairstow, Ashwin completed his 100th Test wicket against England and became the first Asian to have 100 Test wickets and 1000 registered a runs against England.
Ashwin became the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in Tests against England. He has taken 100 wickets in 23 matches at an average of around 29. He has taken 5 wicket-haul 6 times and four wickets twice against the English. 86 of his wickets have come in India and the other 14 in England. Ashwin is the second bowler after James Anderson (145) to take more than 100 wickets in India vs England Test matches.
Ashwin has also scored 1085 runs against England. Overall, the right-arm off-spinner now has 502 wickets in 99 Test matches at an average of less than 24. He has taken five wickets 34 times.
Talking about the match, Akash Deep, who is playing his first international match, did not let India miss Jasprit Bumrah in the fourth Test. He put pressure on England’s batsmen from the very first over. The 27-year-old bowler bowled 7 overs in his first spell and took 3 wickets for 24 runs. He dismissed Jack Crowley (42), Ben Duckett (11) and Ollie Pope (0). However, he had given Crowley a lifeline in the opening over, but a no-ball gave him a lifeline.
Ashwin had briefly left the 3rd Test after a family emergency and returned to the side on the fourth day of the Rajkot Test match.
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