Team India’s premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has equalled Nathan Lyon in the span of few hours to become joint highest wicket taker in tests in 2017.
In the ongoing Ashes Test at Adelaide, Lyon dismissed Alastair Cook (37), Moeen Ali (25), Stuart Broad (3) and James Anderson (0) to reach the tally of 55 wickets and claim the top spot in the current season.
While Ashwin, who is playing against Sri Lanka at Feroz Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi, dismissed Angelo Mathews (111), Roshen Silva (0) and Niroshan Dickwella (0) to become the joint highest wicket-taker in 2017 along with Lyon.
Lyon achieved the feat in his ninth Test this year, while Ashwin took 11 matches to reach the milestone. Both off-spinners are sitting on top of the tally with 55 wickets this year.
Recently, after achieving 300 test wickets milestone, Ashwin said he now hopes to double his tally of 300 Test wickets. “I really hope I can go on to double these 300 wickets. I’ve only played 50 Tests,” said the 31-year-old off-spinner after India crushed Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the second Test in Nagpur.
