New Delhi: Team India veteran bowler Ravichandran Ashwin has a chance to create history in the first Test match against South Africa. Ashwin can perform the fastest 350 Test wickets for India. With this, he has a great chance to match the pass world record. The Indian playing XI has been announced for this Test match to be played in Visakhapatnam.
IND v SA: First Test between India and South Africa starts from today
On Tuesday, captain Virat Kohli announced the names of the last eleven players to play in this match against South Africa. Ashwin, who sat out in the West Indies Test series, will get a chance to play in the first Test. Off-spinner R Ashwin will have a chance to complete 350 wickets in Test cricket against South Africa. Ashwin, who has played only 65 Tests, has taken a total of 342 wickets so far. This spinner is just 8 steps away from completing 350 wickets.
Ashwin can become the fastest bowler to take 350 Test wickets from India. Former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan's feat of achieving the fastest 350 International Test wickets in world cricket is recorded. Muralitharan, who took the maximum 800 wickets in Test cricket, did this feat in the 66th Test match.