‘Bharat ke chamakte sitaare’ – Fans praise duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja on setting new record for India in Tests

The duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have set a new record in the first session of the first Test between India and England. The duo managed to claim three wickets in the first session before the lunch break at Hyderabad and set a new record in Test cricket as far as India is concerned in the longest format of the game, surpassing the past greats.

Ashwin and Jadeja together became the highest wicket-taking bowling pair for India after claiming the wicket of Ollie Pope. The spin duo now has 503 wickets as a pair, the most for a bowling duo for India in Test cricket. They have gone past the spin duo of Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble, who claimed 501 wickets together as a pair in Test cricket. The left-right spin duo has set a new record for India.

Apart from the two spin duos, the third duo in the list is that of Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh. the pace-spin duo has a total of 474 wickets to their name as a bowling pair together for India. The spin duo of Ashwin and Jadeja are in the top ten pairs with the greatest number of wickets for a bowling pair in Test cricket after claiming three wickets on Day one.

Even a session in the first couple of hours

India had England at 101/3 at the end of the first session. It was more or less an even session for both sides. While England managed to score runs, India managed to claim the wickets of the top-order batters of England. The impressive factor about the first session was of course the bowling of the spin duo of Ashwin and Jadeja, who set the new record for India.

While Jadeja got the wicket of Ollie Pope, Ashwin got the wickets of both the openers. Zack Crawley was dismissed via a soft dismissal. Ben Duckett was undone by a straighter one from Ashwin. Ollie Pope was caught in the first slip. The Indian fielding and the catching were very good and aided the bowlers well.

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