Record broken 55 years ago in India. (Photo-PTI)
The third match of the Test series between India and New Zealand has taken a very exciting turn. New Zealand took a 143-run lead in the second innings. But now he only has 1 wicket left in his hands. At the same time, chasing the target of 150 runs at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium is also considered very difficult. In such a situation, the tension has not yet eased for the Indian team. So far, this series has seen dominance of the bowlers. Something similar also happened in Mumbai and the spinners of both the teams broke a great record together.
Record broken 55 years ago in India
Currently, the third innings is underway in the Mumbai Test and the spinners have taken a total of 24 wickets. The dominance of the spinners was also seen in the Bengaluru and Pune Tests. The bowlers have taken 71 wickets so far in this series. Let us tell you that this is the first time in India that spinners have taken so many wickets in a 3-match Test series. Previously, in the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand played in 1969, 69 wickets were in the name of spinners. Now, after 55 years, both teams together have broken this record.
At the beginning of the year 1956, in the 3-match Test series played between India and Australia, the spinners had taken 66 wickets. Even in the year 1976, spinners dominated the India and New Zealand series. The bowlers then took 65 wickets. But now this is the first time the spinners have touched the figure of 70 wickets in a three-match Test series in India.
Washington tops the beautiful list
Washington Sundar has the biggest role in breaking this record. So far he has taken 16 wickets in 4 innings of two matches. He is also currently at number one in terms of taking most wickets in this series. In second place is the name of Ravindra Jadeja, who has taken 15 wickets to his name so far. Apart from this, Mitchell Santner has also dismissed 13 batsmen. However, R Ashwin has only taken 9 wickets so far in this series which is quite surprising.
