WATCH: Ravichandran Ashwin loses cool and gives FIERY send-off to Jonny Bairstow

On Day 4 of the second Test, Ravichandran Ashwin etched his name in the history books by surpassing Bhagwath Chandrasekhar to become India's leading wicket-taker in Tests against England.

WATCH: Ravichandran Ashwin loses cool and gives FIERY send-off to Jonny Bairstow

Jonny Bairstow, Ravichandran Ashwin (Images via X)

Ravichandran Ashwin again did his work by threatening the English batters but Jonny Bairstow kept answering with his bat. But not Ashwin, it was Jasprit Bumrah who finally got rid of the Englishman for the second time, which excited Ashwin, and he ended up giving a fiery send-off to Bairstow.

India and England are locking horns in the second Test in Visakhapatnam. After getting the target of 399 runs, England started attacking from the word go but their ‘Bazball‘ did not help much as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

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Zak Crawley scored the most, a 132-ball 73 runs, before he was sent packing by Kuldeep Yadav. Then Ashwin started spinning webs, getting the wickets of Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, and Joe Root.

Before lunch, Bairstow was given LBW off Bumrah’s delivery. He then discussed a bit with batting partner Ben Stokes before taking the review. The result of DRS came out against them and so Bairstow had to take a long walk to the dugout, but not before receiving a fiery send-off from Ashwin.

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Ravichandran Ashwin just one wicket away from 500 wickets in Tests

On Day 4 of the second Test, Ravichandran Ashwin etched his name in the history books by surpassing Bhagwath Chandrasekhar to become India’s leading wicket-taker in Tests against England. Chandrasekhar bagged 95 wickets from 23 matches, including eight five-wicket hauls.

Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin (Image via ESPNcricinfo)

Ashwin got his 96th wicket after dismissing Ollie Pope. After Chandrasekhar, Anil Kumble stands in the third position with 92 wickets, followed by Bishan Singh Bedi and Kapil Dev (85 each) and Ishant Sharma (67). Ashwin is also just one wicket away from bagging 500 Test wickets.

Talking about the match, England are on the verge of losing the Test. They have already won the first Test to take a lead of 1-0.

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