R Ashwin: Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is prepared to smash an enormous record against Bangladesh in the first Test. After lossing the ODI series, team India will be aiming to win the Test series. India continues to compete for a spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) finale game. Before they host Australia in 2023, the series against Bangladesh will be of greatest significance.
Will R Ashwin be able to break Kumble and Zaheer’s record?
In the five-day format, Ashwin has had the most success for India after Anil Kumble. He will have the chance to surpass Anil Kumble’s record during the test series against Bangladesh. Kumble is the fastest Indian Player to take 450 test wickets. To attain the figure, the legendary leg spinner took 93 Tests. Ashwin needs eight wickets in the first Test between India and Bangladesh for him to attain the milestone of 442 wickets from 86 Tests.
During Australia’s victory against the West Indies in the second Test, Nathan Lyon of Australia reached the milestone of 450 Test wickets in 112 matches. During the two-match series, Ashwin will try to surpass the Australian spinner. In addition to Kumble’s record, Ashwin has a chance to surpass Zaheer Khan as Bangladesh’s top wicket-taker. In seven games, the former pacer has taken 31 wickets. In order to break the record, Ashwin needs 16 more wickets in the series after taking 16 in just 4 games.
Fastest bowler to take 450 wickets in Test cricket
| Player Name | No. of matches |
| Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) | 80 |
| Anil Kumble (India) | 93 |
| Glenn McGrath (Aus) | 100 |
| Shane Warne (Australia) | 101 |
| Nathan Lyon (Aus) | 112 |
India and Bangladesh series to begin tomorrow
India and Bangladesh test series begins from December 14th. The test squad has already started training with players from Team India. Ravichandran Ashwin was seen bowling the nets at Chattogram in a video posted on the BCCI social media account. On Sunday, practise is anticipated to start for Cheteshwar Pujara and KS Bharat. They were both members of the India A team that recently competed in a four-day match against Bangladesh A at Sylhet.
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