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Ashwin created history, became the first player to score a century of wickets in the ICC World Test Championship

Ravichandran Ashwin100 wicket wtc: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team easily captured another series at home grounds. Sri Lanka’s poor performance was again seen in the batting. As a result, Team India hit the ground by 238 runs in the second test and won the series 2-0. Ravichandran Ashwin shone in this victory of India, he has made a big record in his name.

Bengaluru: India wrapped up Sri Lanka’s second innings (India vs Sri Lanka Pink Ball test) on the third day and won the second cricket Test played with pink ball by 238 runs and won the series 2-0. Chasing a mammoth target of 447 runs for victory, the Sri Lankan team was reduced to 208 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin shone in this victory and made a big record in his name.

First Ashwin’s 100
Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took the top four wickets in the second innings to become the first bowler to score a century in the World Test Championship. In the World Test Championship, he has so far taken 100 wickets at an average of 19.7, in which he has taken five wickets in an innings four times.

Pat Cummins second
Australia’s Pat Cummins is second in this list with 93 wickets. Apart from this, he also surpassed Dale Steyn’s Test wicket number 439. Now Ravichandran Ashwin has 442 wickets in Tests. He is now at the eighth position in the list of Highest Test Wicket Taker. Here the name of Muttiah Muralitharan, who took 800 wickets, is at the top. Shane Warne, who recently said goodbye to the world, comes at number two.

Advance in WTC Points Table
This series win against Sri Lanka gave Team India 24 points, which gave them a place in the World Test Championship (WTC) table. Team India has now reached the fourth place. He now has 77 points in his share and the winning percentage is 58.33. The top three in the table are Australia, Pakistan and South Africa. Whereas Sri Lankan team is in fifth place.

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