R Ashwin’s exclusion from BBC’s India All Time Test XI irks netizens

The BBC Sports released its All-Time India Test XI on Monday which has mighty big names including Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, and many others. The vote was run alongside a discussion on The Cricket Social and the full list is listed below –

BBC Sport’s all-time India Test XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, Bishan Bedi, Jasprit Bumrah and Zaheer Khan.

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However, what surprised and irked cricket fans was the exclusion of India’s present-day premier spinner R Ashwin’s name from the list. Many of them suggested Ravichandran Ashwin’s name at the place of Bishan Singh Bedi. A couple of them even disagreed with the list for considering VVS Laxman, J Srinath, Vijay Hazare, and Vinoo Mankad.

Here are some of the tweets-

Ashwin emulates a 114-year old Test record

The hosts had a perfect start to their second innings with the ball as Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed England’s opener Rory Burns off the first ball of the innings.

With that, Ashwin achieved a very rare feat he will be mighty proud of. With his dismissal of Burns, Ashwin became the first spinner in more than 100 years to get a wicket off the first ball of an innings. Before him, it was South African cricketer Bert Vogler to do so in 1907.

Ashwin bags 28th 5-wicket haul in Test

R Ashwin was the standout bowler for India in the second innings against England in the ongoing Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The right-arm off-break returned with the figures of 6/61 to help India dismiss England for 178 runs in the second innings on Day 4 of the first Test.

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This is the 28th time Ravichandran Ashwin has picked up a five-wicket haul for India in Tests. This is his 22^nd five-wicket hauls at home and has equaled England pacer James Anderson’s record of most 5-wicket hauls at home in Test Cricket. The off-spinner is now only behind Anil Kumble (25), Rangana Herath (26), and leader Muttiah Muralitharan (45).

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