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Ashwin becomes third Indian to grab 700 international wickets

Monitoring Desk

NEW DELHI: The opening day of the first Test between India and West Indies turned out to be a day of milestones for off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.

The off-spinner set two records by claiming 700 wickets in international cricket and dismissing father-son duo in Tests.

He achieved the milestone by dismissing Alzarri Joseph on the opening day of the first Test against West Indies in Dominica. This happened to be his 700th victim in international arena.

Fellow spinners Anil Kumble (956) and Harbhajan Singh (711) are the other two cricketers in the exclusive club.

The Tamil Nadu-born Ashwin currently has 479 Test wickets to his names besides 151 in ODIs and 72 in T20Is.

Ashwin became the first Indian cricketer to dismiss a father-son pair in Test cricket by getting rid of Tagenarine Chanderpaul. He had dismissed his father Shivnarine four times in Test cricket.

The Frontier Post

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