India’s wizard of spin: Ravichandran Ashwin
The off-spinner’s six wickets help his team’s fightback against Australia
Bengaluru — Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up six wickets to lead India to a dramatic 75-run victory over Australia in the second Test on Tuesday, the win enabling the hosts to level the four-match series at 1-1. On an M Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch offering unpredictable bounce for the pacemen and sharp turn for the spinners, Australia were bundled out for 112 in their second innings late on the fourth day after being set a victory target of 188. India’s hopes of squaring the series looked all but dead when they were dismissed for 189 in their first innings but the world’s top-ranked side fought back to keep Australia within reach and then batted resolutely to set a testing target. Ashwin’s five-wicket haul was the 25th for the world’s top-ranked bowler, who finished with figures of 6/41 in an enthralling Test match that witnessed four different bowlers pick up six wickets for the first time. "It is a great feeling to beat Australia, the way things went in the first innings an...
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