IND vs AUS 2022-23: India is giving a hard time to Australia on Day 1 of the opening Nagpur Test for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Thursday. Ravichandran Ashwin captured his 450th Test wicket, drawing praise across social media.
Team India is engaged in an exciting opening Test against Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Being played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday, it has been a troublesome day with the bat for the visitors on Day 1. While the seamers handed the hosts an initial couple of wickets, the spinners took over for the rest of the Australian innings.
🚨 MILESTONE ALERT! Congratulations to Ravi Ashwin on completing yet another milestone in his glorious Test career.
👏 Well done, Ash!
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Among the spinners, leg-spinner Ravindra Jadeja caught four, while veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also entered the list with two hauls. His opening wicket happened to be that of wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey (36) after forcing him to play it on. Consequently, it turned out to be his 450th Test wicket.
4️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Test wickets for Ravichandran Ashwin. 👏👏👏
What a feat! Legend, indeed.
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Wicket No. 4⃣5⃣0⃣ for Ravichandran Ashwin
💥2nd Indian to complete 450 wickets in Test behind Anil Kumble (619 wickets) pic.twitter.com/Q4Vmy2s230
As a result, with this landmark, Ashwin became the:
At the same time, social media was all-praise for him following this milestone.
The moment Ravi Ashwin got his 450th Test wicket - what a champion bowler. pic.twitter.com/MySD02JIdu
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)Ashwin has grabbed a couple of wickets in the innings, with his other victim being skipper Pat Cummins, after Virat Kohli caught him at the first slip. So far, he has bowled a couple of maidens in 14 overs, giving away 41 runs and has an economy of 2.90. Meanwhile, the Aussies are 174/8 at tea on Day 1, with Marnus Labuschagne (49) being the top scorer.
No. 450 in Tests for R Ashwin 💪
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)