Credits: BCCI
Indian ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin achieved a unique feat during the second Test between India and New Zealand. After India recorded a historic defeat in the first Test, both sides came against each other in the second game at the MCA Stadium in Pune. The match began on Thursday, October 24, and on the first day of the game, Rohit Sharma and Co. destroyed the Kiwi batting lineup. Washington Sundar, on his comeback in Tests, recorded his best first-class figures of 7/59 as New Zealand collapsed to 259.
In the game, Ashwin picked three wickets and recorded another feat in international cricket. On Day 1 of the game, the senior spinner dismissed New Zealand’s skipper Tom Latham, Will Young as well as Devon Conway. India, while batting, got off to a disappointing start as skipper Rohit Sharma was compelled to return on a nine ball duck. The two-time WTC finalists found it difficult to maintain stability and clearly failed to do magic with the bat. They were bundled out for 156 runs in 45.3 overs.
Ravichandran Ashwin becomes second bowler to record maximum LBWs
On Day 1 of the second Test, Ravichandran Ashwin, the ace Indian spinner, achieved a unique feat. As he dismissed Latham with an LBW, Ashwin registered his 116th LBW dismissal in Test and 150th in international cricket. With this, Ashwin became the only second bowler to have 150 international dismissals after Muttiah Muralitharan, who recorded 166 dismissals. However, as far as only Tests are considered, the Indian spinner leads the tally with 116 dismissals while Muralitharan is in second spot with 110 wickets.
Most LBW dismissals in international cricket
166 - Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
150 - R Ashwin (India)
131 - Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)
131 - Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
128 - Anil Kumble (India)
