India vs England First Test: Ashwin Equals Kapil Dev’s Record with Dominant Performance

2024-01-28 01:41:25

India vs England First Test:

India and England are playing a 5-match Test series. Accordingly, the first Test match is being held at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad. The first innings started on January 25 last. The England team scored 246 runs losing all wickets on the first day. Then the Indian team entered the field.

In this, Yajaswi Jaiswal scored 80 runs from 74 balls, Ravindra Jadeja scored 87 runs from 180 balls and KL Rahul scored 86 runs from 123 balls. In this way, the Indian team lost all the wickets and accumulated 436 runs. After starting the second innings, the England team has scored 316 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 77 overs as per the time of play on the 3rd day. Ollie Pope scored the maximum 148 runs in England.

Ashwin equals Kapil Dev’s record:

In this case, the Tamil Nadu player Ashwin, who took three wickets in the first innings of this match, was amazing by taking two wickets in the second innings as well. Especially in the second innings he made a record in Test cricket by knocking out England captain Ben Stokes.

The feat is the 12th time Aswain has bowled against Stokes in 25 innings in Test cricket. And with this, he has equaled Kapil Deva’s record for most wickets by a particular player in Test cricket. Earlier, Indian player Kapil Dev has beaten Pakistani cricketer Mudassar Nasser 12 times. In this case, Ashwin has beaten Ben Stokes for the 12th time.

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