IND Vs BAN: Ravichandran Ashwin 22 Wickets Away From Creating HISTORY, Will Become Player With Most...

India are all set to take on Bangladesh in a two-match Test Series with the first game beginning on September 19 (Wendesday) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The fans in the city will have all eyes on local hero and legendary off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, as he aims to deliver yet another sensational performance at home. The 38-year-old spinner, in this series, is chasing a massive record and needs 23 wickets to achieve a big milestone.Ravichandran Ashwin currently has 455 wickets in India across all three formats of the game. If he manages to take a massive 22 wickets in the series against Bangladesh, which he is very well capable of, then he would overtake Anil Kumble to become the player with the most international wickets in India. Kumble finished with 476 wickets in India across Tests and ODIs.

Ravichandran Ashwin Needs Nine Wickets To Attain Massive Record Vs BangladeshZaheer Khan has taken 31 wickets in his Test career against Bangladesh, which is the most by any India against the nation in the longest format of the game. Ravichandran Ashwin has 23 Test wickets against Bangladesh and if he takes nine wickets in the first Test, then he will overtake Zaheer in this list. Ravichandran Ashwin Chasing Multiple WTC RecordsRavichandran Ashwin is also chasing a number of World Test Championship records in the Test series against Bangladesh. If he manages to take 16 wickets in the series, he will overtake Nathan Lyon to become the all-time leading wicket-taker in the competition. If the legendary off-spinner manages to take another fivw-wicket haul, he will overtake Lyon as the bowler with the most five-fers in WTC history with 11 to his name. He also needs 10 more wickets to overtake Josh Hazlewood and become the leading wicket-taker in the WTC 2023-25 cycle.