Ashwin with most test wickets in Asia; Breaks Kumble's Records

On day 1 of the India versus Bangladesh series, the veteran spinner Ravichndran Ashwin broke Anil Kumble's record, becoming India's most successful bowler in the Asian conditions. At the Kanpur Greenland Park stadium, Ashwin took Bangladesh's  Najmul Hossain Shanto right after coming back from lunch. With this, his tally rose to 420 wickets. 

Ashwin at the second in elite list

Earlier it was Anil Kumble at the second spot with 419 wickets. Now that he comes to the third, Ashwin only has the Sri Lankan maestro Muttiah Muralitharan ahead of him with 612 wickets.

Rangan Herath comes fourth with 454 wickets, And the Indian offspinner Harbhajan Singh is at number five with 300 scalps.

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Most Test Wickets in Asia:

Muttiah Muralitharan – 612
Ravichandran Ashwin – 420*
Anil Kumble – 419
Rangana Herath – 354
Harbhajan Singh – 300

Match recap

Due to the overcast situation, the match started late. Not only that, on winning the toss, the Indian Captain Rohit Sharma chose to field first, which is unusual at Kanpur.

With an early weather forecast call, it was expected for the rain to hit the ground by 2 p.m. in the afternoon. However the light doomed making the sitution unfavourable to play.

However, the rain showing no signs of leaving, and the umpires abruptly called off for the day.

Bangladesh are 3 down for 107 runs. Akash Deep took 2 early wickets, while Ashwin took the 3rd, that is, the last wicket of the day.