The opening day of the first Test between India and the West Indies saw the masterclass of Ravichandran Ashwin. He had the West Indies players on the run as he dismantled the lineup with some stupendous bowling. He also accomplished numerous accomplishments on the day.
On Day 1, Ashwin registered 5/60 and became the third Indian bowler to arrive at 700 wickets as hosts West Indies were 137 for eight. Ashwin got to the achievement when excused Alzarri Joseph (4) for his third wicket. He is the third Indian after Anil Kumble (956) and Harbhajan Singh (711) to arrive at the sought-after achievement.
Afterwards, he denied Alick Athanaze a fifty on debut, excusing him three runs short of the achievement. Ashwin accomplished an interesting record of getting the wickets of both dad and child in his renowned Test vocation when he excused Tagenarine Chanderpaul on the first day of the season of the principal Test against the West Indies.
R Ashwin has been in great form with the ball
Ashwin, who had made his Test debut in 2011 in New Delhi, had pardoned Tagenarine’s father Shivnarine Chanderpaul during his lady appearance in the longest configuration. He had caught Chanderpaul senior plumb in front in the second innings of that Test match which happened 12 years back.
Ashwin, who had 474 Test wickets before this match, bowled youthful Tagenarine with wonder and turned out to be just the fifth bowler in world cricket to excuse both dad and child during his profession. Amusingly, it is the Chanderpauls, who highlight threefold in the rundown of the dad and child team dismissed by the same bowler.
Australian quick bowler Mitchell Starc and South Africa’s off-spinner Simon Harmer are the other two bowlers who had excused Shivnarine and Tagenarine. Notably, Chanderpaul senior retired in 2015, while his child made his presentation in Tests a year ago as well.
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