Ravichandran Ashwin joins Ravindra Jadeja in special club

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Chennai, September 19, 2024: World No. 1 Test bowler Ravichandran Ashwin joined Ravindra Jadeja in a special club on Thursday (September 19) by becoming only the second cricketer in the world to score 1000 runs and take 100 wickets in the World Test Championship. The 38-year-old Chennai-based cricketer came out to bat at No. 8 for India in the ongoing first Test against Bangladesh at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and joined the 1000-run club in WTC by crossing the 52-run mark in India’s first inning.

He already has 174 wickets to his name in the World Test Championship.

World No. 1 Test all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was the first cricketer to score 1000 runs and take 100 wickets in WTC history. He had achieved the feat during the fourth Test played between India and England in Ranchi earlier this year.

A total of 11 bowlers have dismissed more than 100 batters in WTC history, but no one apart from Jadeja and Ashwin managed to score 1000 runs as well.

Ashwin’s eyes Lyon’s record

In the ongoing Test series against Bangladesh, Ashwin will have a chance to break Australian spinner Nathan Lyon’s record of most wickets in WTC. The Indian superstar needs 14 wickets to go past Lyon’s tally of 187 and become the all-time leading wicket-taker in WTC history.

Also, if he manages to take at least one five-wicket haul in the ongoing series, then he will become the first player to dismiss five or more batters in an inning 11 times in WTC history.

Ashwin has 516 wickets to his name in the five-day format of the game, and he needs four wickets in the ongoing Test to break former West Indies pacer Courtney Walsh’s record of 519 wickets. A total of 15 wickets in the series will help him overtake Lyon (530) and become the seventh leading wicket-taker in the five-day format of the game.

Ashwin needs 10 wickets against Bangladesh to go past Australia’s Josh Hazlewood’s tally of 51 wickets and become the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing 2023-25 WTC cycle. In addition to that, nine wickets in the ongoing series will help him break Zaheer Khan’s record of 31 wickets and become the most successful bowler in Test matches played between India and Bangladesh.