Star India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Friday achieved an elite feat as he turned the primary Indian to select probably the most wickets in Asia in Tests. Ashwin achieved the milestone on the primary day of the second Test match towards Bangladesh in Kanpur when he eliminated Najmul Hossain Shanto for 31 runs from 57 balls within the twenty ninth over. In Asia, Ashwin bagged 420 wickets in Tests and holds the highest place on the checklist. While, Anil Kumble stands in second place with 419 wickets in Asia. Harbhajan Singh holds the third place with 300 wickets in Asia. Ashwin made his Test debut in 2011 towards West Indies. Following that, the 38-year-old appeared in 101 Test matches and 191 innings, the place he picked 522 wickets.
Presently, within the two-match Test sequence towards Bangladesh, India raced to a 1-0 lead following their outstanding 280-run victory in Chennai.
Coming to the match, India gained the toss and determined bowl towards Bangladesh within the Kanpur Test.
Zakir Hasan (0) and Shadman Islam (24) opened for Bangladesh, however failed to provide a strong begin as India pacer Akash Deep picked up two fast wickets to dismiss the opening pair of the guests.
After shedding two fast wickets Mominul Haque (40*) and Najmul Hossain Shanto (31) took management of the sport and powered Bangladesh to 74/2 on the finish of the primary session.
Rain disrupted the second session, and the sport was stopped for a couple of minutes.
Ashwin was the lone wicket-taker for India within the second session. He eliminated the Bangladesh skipper within the twenty ninth over and gave India an higher hand on the sport.
In the center of the second session, the sport was referred to as off as rain performed a spoilsport, and solely 35 overs of play befell on Friday. At stumps, Bangladesh stood at 107/3 with Mominul Haque (40*) and Mushfiqur Rahim (6*) unbeaten of the crease.
Bangladesh Playing XI: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (C), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (WK), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Khaled Ahmed.
India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (WK), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
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