Watch: Ravichandran Ashwin Asked Name Of Player He Surpassed For Record 33rd 5-For. Star Gives Wrong Answer

The first day of the first Test match against West Indies belonged to Ravichandran Ashwin. He completed his 33rd five-wicket haul in style to put his team on the front foot. He has now become the bowler with the most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket among all active players. 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. Later, he took part in a small quiz where he was asked about the bowler, whom he surpassed fro 33rd five-wicket haul. First he answered Glenn McGrath. Then he was given the hint that the bowler was from England, and then he gave the correct answer.

We know @ashwinravi99 the cricket geekWe decided to test him with some numbers after his 33rd fifer in Test cricketHow did he fare?#WIvIND pic.twitter.com/Id6gLja5iu

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