IND vs AUS 4th Test: India's spin wizard Ravi Ashwin on Thursday displayed his magic once again when he helped India stage a fightback against the Aussies on the second day of the 4th Test. The visitors bossed the major part of the first two days as the pair of Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green notched a 200-run stand for the 5th wicket. But when India were in need of a wicket, Ravi Ashwin rose his hand up, taking a six-wicket haul and breaking Anil Kumble's twin records in Test cricket.
Ashwin took one wicket on the opening day of the match when he sent back Travis Head. He then brought out his best on the second day to outplay four more Aussie batters. The off-spinner first sent the centurion Cameron Green to get the first wicket of the day and then took the wicket of Alex Carey in the same over. He then scalped the wickets of Mitchell Starc and Todd Murphy to complete a 26th fifer. The veteran star then grabbed the final wicket of the evening got his counterpart Nathan Lyon.
Ashwin breaks Kumble's record
With his 26th five-wicket haul, Ashwin went past Anil Kumble's record of most fifers in test cricket in India. He also becomes the leading Indian wicket-taker for India in the Border Gavaskar trophy, surpassing Kumble here too. Before the match, Ashwin had 107 wickets in the series. As he took a six-wicket haul, he surpassed Kumble's tally of 111 wickets and took his 113th wicket in the Border Gavaskar series.
India bowled Australia out for a huge 480-run total. Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green hammered tons and enjoyed the pitch conditions. Notably, Khawaja missed out on a double ton, getting LBW out to Axar Patel on 180. After the batters' fell, Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy got some crucial runs for the team. While Lyon made 34, Murphy scored 41 to help Australia go past 450 in the first innings.
India's Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami
Australia's Playing XI:
Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann, Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon
