Ashwin made a special record in England, became the first spinner to do this feat in the history of 11 years

Team India is currently on a tour of England, where it has to play a five-Test series from August 4. Some Indian cricketers are spending time with family in the 20-day holiday they got earlier, while the second over is Ashwin too. Ravichandran is preparing himself for the upcoming challenge by playing in the County Championship.

Made a special record

Playing against Somerset, Ravichandran Ashwin opened the innings with the bowling. In the last 11 years, he became the first spinner to start bowling with the new ball in the English county, before Jeetan Patel did so in 2010. Ashwin had his only breakthrough in the form of Tom Lamonby (42) at the start of the second session of the day.

Ashwin got a wicket

In view of the lack of practice matches with the Indian players who went to England, Ashwin and the BCCI decided to play in this match. Ashwin’s attempt is to do as many bowling drills as possible without showing too much of his variety. The veteran off-spinner achieved this feat by bowling 24 overs. Surrey captain and England opener Rory Burns got him bowling from both ends.

This is the schedule of England tour
The five-Test series between India and England is to begin in Nottingham from August 4. After this, the second Test will be held at Lord’s ground in London from 12 to 16 August. The third Test match will be played from 25 to 29 August at Leeds and the fourth from 2 to 6 September at The Oval in London. The fifth Test match of the series will be held in Manchester till 10 September. In Team India, in addition to the regular 20 players, four players have been kept in the team as standbys.