The ageless English pace wonder, who will be turning 42 this July, achieved this milestone during India's fifth and final Test against England in Dharamsala.
Expressing his disappointment with the manner of batter Sarfaraz Khan's dismissal during India's first innings during the fifth Test against England, legendary Indian batter Sunil Gavaskar shared the words of Australia's legendary batter Don Bradman that expressed the importance of patience
On a day the English bowlers failed to impose themselves on the India batters, until the fag end of Day 2 with the hosts already leading by over 250, England's spin bowling coach Jeetan Patel showered praise on 20-year-old Shoaib Bashir for toiling away and being rewarded with four wickets b
England mounted a comeback in the final session of the second day with a clinical bowling performance but India's resilient tail end kept the hosts in front in the final Test at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Friday.
A solid unbeaten partnership of 160 runs between skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave an upper hand to India at Lunch on the second day of the fifth and final Test of the ongoing series at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Friday.
Ahead of the fifth and final Test at Dharamsala, England's head coach, Brendon McCullum, opined that it would be "slightly mad" if the spin duo of Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir didn't get the opportunities to play in the County Championship.
England skipper Ben Stokes was proud of the way his spinners fought in the fourth Test, which the team lost, and admitted that he couldn't have "asked anything more".
Indian youngsters Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel's remarkable effort with the bat took India across the finishing line and clinch the series with a five-wicket victory in the fourth Test against England on Monday.
Shoaib Bashir has expressed optimism about England's chances of winning and said that the performance by India's Ashwin and Jadeja on a deteriorating surface has given English spinners confidence.