India vs England: R Ashwin overtakes Harbhajan Singh as second-highest wicket-taker at house in Tests

Chennai’s native lad Ravichandran Ashwin joined an elite record on Sunday when he went previous former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh to register probably the most variety of wickets on house soil on Day 2 of the 2nd Test between India and England in Chennai.
Ashwin, who bagged the wickets of Dom Sibley, Dan Lawrence earlier than lunch returned after the break to outfox Ben Stokes and overtake Singh’s tally of 265.

Lawrence gone. Ashwin on fireplace. England additionally on fireplace, nevertheless it’s a dumpster fireplace. #INDvENG #ENGvIND #Cricket pic.twitter.com/duGZamMktp
— AmirCXN (@cxn_amir) February 14, 2021

What extra are you able to ask for on Valentines!!😍😍💉💉#INDvsENG #IndiavsEngland #Ashwin pic.twitter.com/hzS5ZV9Uoz
— Karan Bhatia (@sonofsardar4) February 14, 2021
Ashwin now has 266 victims at house within the longest format of the sport in simply 45 Tests at an impressive common of twenty-two.64.
Former India captain Anil Kumble leads the record with 350 wickets from 62 matches in India.
Earlier, Indian spinners had England reeling on an exploding pitch, decreasing them to 39 for 4 at lunch on day two of the second Test on Sunday.
India, who resumed the day at 300 for six, might solely rating 29 runs within the morning session with Rishabh Pant (58 not out of 77 balls) working out of companions.
At the break, England have been trailing India by 290 runs and face a herculean activity in getting near India’s first innings rating of 329 on a dustbowl.
Pacer Ishant Sharma (1/15) offered the primary breakthrough for India when he had left-handed opener Rory Burns LBW for a duck with a ball that nipped again and beat his defensive push.
The different opener Dom Sibley (16, 25 balls, 3X4) was the subsequent to go, caught by Virat Kohli at leg-slip off Ashwin, which was given by the third umpire after India selected to assessment because the on-field umpire turned down the attraction for a catch.