Anil Kumble's Tweet As Ravichandran Ashwin Breaks His Records Is Absolute 'Class'

12.03.2023 - 06:37 sports.ndtv.com

Truly an asset for the Indian cricket team, Ravichandran Ashwin spun web around Australian batters on Day 2 of the 4th Test in Ahmedabad, bagging a whopping 6 wickets as the tourists were bundled out for 480 runs.

En route his 6-for, Ashwin went on to break two of Anil Kumble's records. As the cricketing world bowed down to Ashwin's magic, even Kumble took to Twitter to hail the Tamil Nadu-born off-spinner, posting a 'class' tweet.

With his 6-wicket haul against Australia, Ashwin became the leading wicket-taker (113) for India in the history of Border-Gavaskar Trophy, going past Kumble's tally of 111 scalps in this contest.

Ashwin also became the bowler with the most fifers in India, another record that was held by Kumble before. Not just that, Ashwin's performance also put him level with Nathan Lyon in the list of players with the most wickets in the series overall. "Well Bowled Ashwin, Class," tweeted Kumble, hailing the veteran spinner.

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One of the finest batters in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history, Rohit Sharma has done wonders while leading the Mumbai Indians in the T20 league history. However, the opening batter could do little with the bat last season as Mumbai finished bottom in the 10-team tournament. Going into the IPL 2023 season, former India spinner Anil Kumble has urged the right-handed batter not open anymore, and instead, take up the No. 4 postion in the middle-order for the franchise.

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Indian cricket team legend Anil Kumble is no stranger to the Indian Premier League. The spinner was a part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team as a player and later, he also coached the Punjab Kings franchise. While he had the chance of watching hundreds of players – both domestic and international – perform at the competition, he picked West Indies star Chris Gayle as the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time) in IPL history. Kumble praised his destructive style of batting and how he could change any game.

"Need This Kinda Consistency": Twitter Trolls Suryakumar Yadav For Registering Third Consecutive Golden Duck

India's star batter Suryakumar Kumar suffered his third consecutive golden duck on Wednesday in a thrilling third and final one-day international against Australia. The 360-degree player -- who is the number one T20I batter -- is yet to establish himself in the 50-over format. In the first game against Australia, Suryakumar was caught plumb in front of the stumps by an inswinging delivery from Mitchell Starc. In the second ODI, he was dismissed by the same bowler in an identical manner. In the third ODI, Ashton Agar cleaned Suryakumar up with a quick delivery which was fired onto the stumps.

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Suryakumar Yadav, the world's No. 1 T20I batter, on Wednesday was out for his third duck in three successive ODIs against Australia in Chennai. The explosive Yadav is known as a 360-degree player for his ability to play all around the ground in the shortest white-ball format but he is yet to establish himself in the 50-over game. Yadav was bowled first ball by Ashton Agar in the 36th over of India's chase in the final ODI. That left the hosts reeling at 185-6 with a target of 270 to win the match in Chennai.

"Need This Kinda Consistency": Twitter Trolls Suryakumar Yadav For Registering Third Consecutive Golden Duck

First Time In 48 Years! Suryakumar Yadav Claims Embarrassing Record Against Australia

It was a series to forget for Suryakumar Yadav as the talented right-hander failed to open his account in all three matches against Australia. The 32-year-old, who was given the role of a finisher in the third ODI match in Chennai, was dismissed by Ashton Agar on the very first ball and in the process, he became the first Indian cricketer in history to be dismissed for first-ball ducks in all matches of an ODI series. He was dismissed by Mitchell Starc in the previous two encounters. Overall, he became the sixth Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Anil Kumble to score three consecutive ducks in ODI cricket. The world record for most successive ducks in ODI cricket is 4.