Ravichandran Ashwin broke the record of clean bowled: The second match of the ongoing 3-match Test series between India and New Zealand has started. Once again the eyes of the fans are on the legendary spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Considering the brilliant performance that Ashwin has given in the Pune Test, expectations have increased that he will perform well in this match also.
Close to Shane Warne's record
It is noteworthy that in the Pune Test, Ashwin came close to breaking Shane Warne's special record by clean bowling 9 batsmen. Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for bowling the most number of clean balls to a batsman in Test cricket. He clean bowled 167 cricketers in 230 test matches.
player with most clean balls
Order | cricketer | clear bold |
1 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 167 |
2 | james anderson | 137 |
3 | shane warne | 116 |
4 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 108 |
5 | fred truman | 103 |
best test match bowler
After Muralitharan, former England bowler James Anderson is at second place. Who has bowled 137 cricketers in 350 test matches. In third place is the late former Australian spinner Shane Warne, who has bowled 116 batsmen in 273 Test matches. However, Ashwin has made a new record in the Pune Test match. Ashwin has bowled 108 cricketers in 104 test matches. Fred Trueman is the fifth player to clean bowl the most batsmen in Test matches, 103. Who has bowled 103 clean balls in 127 test matches. Ravichandran Ashwin has created a new record by clean bowling 9 batsmen in the Pune Test match.