Updated On: 18 February, 2023 08:07 AM IST | New Delhi | SS Ramaswamy
India’s star offie R Ashwin completes 100 wickets against Australia at Kotla; joins legendary leggie Anil Kumble

India’s R Ashwin celebrates the wicket of Australia’s Alex Carey on Day One of the second Test in New Delhi yesterday. PIC/Getty Images
India’s Ravichandran Ashwin continued to taste success against Australia as he grabbed his 100th wicket in Tests in the second game of the four-match series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Friday.
Ashwin, who hastened Australia’s doom in the second innings of the series opener at Nagpur with a five-wicket second innings haul that powered the hosts to a comprehensive innings victory, sent back right handers Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in the space of three balls in the same over before lunch on Day 1 of the contest. He added the scalp of the left-handed wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey in the second period of play to reach the coveted mark of 100 Test wickets against one of India’s fiercest opponents on the cricket field.