India vs New Zealand 2024: Ravichandran Ashwin needs just 3 wickets to create THIS record, can overtake…

New Delhi: India is gearing up for a three-match Test series against New Zealand starting October 16. This series is vital for India, as a 3-0 win could secure their spot in the World Test Championship 2025 final for the third consecutive time. Ravichandran Ashwin will be a key player for India, coming off a standout performance against Bangladesh, where he was named Player of the Series. As the series unfolds, Ashwin has a golden opportunity to make history and climb to the top of an elite list.

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