The No.1 ranked Test bowler in the world rebounded quickly from missing out on selection for the one-off World Test Championship Final against Australia and ran riot on West Indies' batting line-up to get impressive figures of 5/60 that helped India to a dominant position at the conclusion o
After missing the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 final against Australia earlier in June, Ashwin made an impactful return in India's first match of the new 2023-25 WTC cycle. He took 5/60 in 24.3 overs at an economy rate of 2.44. He dismissed skipper Kraigg Braithwaite, Tagenarine Chand
On the first day of India's first Test against West Indies on Wednesday, Ashwin achieved the record by getting the wicket of Tagnarine Chanderpaul at 12 (44). He had previously taken the wicket of Tagnarine's father and West Indian legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
Ravichandran Ashwin lauded the young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal after he ended the first day of his debut Test with 40* against West Indies on Wednesday at Windsor Park.
At the end of Day 1, India managed to put up a score of 80/0 with Rohit and Jaiswal unbeaten on the crease with respective scores of 30(65)* and 40(73)* respectively.
At the end of the second session, West Indies registered a score of 137/8 with Kemar Roach and Rahkeem Cornwall unbeaten with scores of 0(9) and 17(21) respectively.
Indian team welcomed two young batters, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan into the side in the first test match against West Indies at Dominica on Wednesday.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is set to make his Test debut as an opener against the West Indies today at Dominica, and this opportunity could not have come at a better time. The 21-year-old was in red-hot form during the recent IPL and is also a proven performer in the longer formats of the game.