India vs New Zealand 2024: Ravichandran Ashwin on the brink of breaking THIS record, can surpass...

New Delhi: India is eagerly preparing for a crucial three-match Test series against New Zealand set to kick off on October 16. The stakes are high for India, as a clean sweep victory of 3-0 could solidify their position in the World Test Championship 2025 final for the third consecutive time. The spotlight will be on Ravichandran Ashwin, who is expected to play a pivotal role for India following his remarkable performance against Bangladesh, where he was honored as the Player of the Series. With the series about to commence, Ashwin has a golden opportunity to etch his name in history and ascend to the pinnacle of an exclusive list of elite players.

Ravichandran Ashwin currently holds 185 wickets in the history of the World Test Championship (WTC). If he takes just three more wickets in the upcoming series against New Zealand, he will reach 188 wickets, surpassing Nathan Lyon of Australia to become the leading wicket-taker in WTC history.

Highest wicket-takers in the history of the WTC:

Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 187
Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 185
Pat Cummins (Australia) – 175
Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 147
Stuart Broad (England) – 134

If Ravichandran Ashwin maintains his fast pace and takes 15 more wickets in the upcoming three-match series against New Zealand, then he will become the first bowler to have got 200 wickets in WTC. Ashwin has shown all-round skills in the just concluded series against Bangladesh when he became the joint-highest wicket-taker with 11 scalps and scored a match-winning hundred in the first Test.

India Squad For Three-Match Series Vs New Zealand:

Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep

Travelling Reserves: Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna