Ravichandran Ashwin Scripts Two Huge Records With Day 1 Heroics In 1st Test vs West Indies

India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin continued his monstrous run against West Indies, becoming the bowler with the most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket among all active players.  Ashwin accomplished this feat during India's first Test against West Indies in Dominica. 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 Chanderpaul, Alick Athanaze, Jason Holder and Jomel Warrican.

Now Ashwin has overtaken England pacer James Anderson to become the player with the most five-wicket hauls among active ones. He now has 33 five-wicket hauls in the longer format, as compared to Anderson's 32.

Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralidaran has the most five-wicket hauls in Test history, with a total of 67. He is followed by late Australian spin legend Shane Warne (37), former New Zealand all-rounder Richard Hadlee (36), India's Anil Kumble (35), Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath (34) and then Ashwin.

Ashwin has a total of five five-wicket hauls against the Windies in Test cricket and he sits next to former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh (5) and former WI bowling great Malcolm Marshall (6) when it comes to having the most five-wicket hauls in India-West Indies Tests.

The 36-year-old has three five-wicket hauls in West Indies, the most by an Indian bowler in the Caribbean. Notably, Subhash Gupte, Kumble, Harbhajan and Ishant Sharma also have three fifers in West Indies.

Ashwin also surpassed Anil Kumble toe become the Indian with most bowled dismissals in the longest format of the game.

Ashwin also completed his