Lagatar24 Desk
Kanpur, Nov 29: Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday became India’s third-highest all-time wicket-taker in Test cricket, surpassing veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh in the list.
Ashwin scalped the wicket of Tom Latham on the ongoing Day 5 of the first Test against New Zealand at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur and achieved the feat.
Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh congratulated Ashwin for his achievement.
Congratulations @ashwinravi99 wish you many more brother.. God bless.. keep shining 👏👏
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) November 29, 2021
The off-spinner had equaled Harbhajan’s tally of 417 wickets on Sunday after he dismissed Will Young on Day 4.
Notably, Ashwin has so far taken 30 five-wickets hauls in his career. In the first impinging of the ongoing Test, Ashwin had taken three wickets while Axar Patel took five wickets.
Only Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev have taken more wickets for India in the Tests than Ashwin (418). Kumble, had registered 619 scalps in 132 Tests while the former Indian skipper, Kapil Dev, had scalped 434 wickets in 131 matches.
