Cricket: Ravichandran Ashwin is the second-highest wicket-taker for India in Test cricket. His carrom ball is unmatched and he bowls very lethally on spin pitches. Whenever Team India plays at home, he proves to be very effective for India. For the last decade, he has been making important contributions to Team India's victory at home. Now the Indian team has to play a two-Test match series against Bangladesh, which will be held at home. The first match of the series will be played on 19 September.

He will do wonders as soon as he takes 9 wickets

Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 23 wickets in 6 Test matches against Bangladesh so far. He is currently the third highest wicket-taker among Indian bowlers against Bangladesh. Zaheer Khan has taken 31 wickets in Test matches against Bangladesh and Ishant Sharma has taken 25 wickets. Now in the Test series against Bangladesh, Ashwin will overtake Ishant Sharma as soon as he takes three wickets and Zaheer Khan as soon as he takes nine wickets. If Ashwin succeeds in doing so, he will become the Indian bowler to take the most Test wickets against Bangladesh. 

Indian bowlers with most Test wickets against Bangladesh: 

Zaheer Khan – 31 wickets

Ishant Sharma- 25 wickets
Ravichandran Ashwin- 23 wickets
Umesh Yadav- 22 wickets
Irfan Pathan- 18 wickets

Have taken more than 500 wickets in Test cricket

Ravichandran Ashwin made his Test debut for India in 2011. Since then, he has taken 516 wickets for Team India. He has 3309 runs to his name in Test cricket, which includes 5 centuries. He has taken a total of 156 wickets in ODI cricket and 72 wickets in T20 Internationals. 

India vs Bangladesh Test series schedule

1st Test - September 19 to September 23, 9.30 am, Chennai

2nd Test - September 27 to October 1, 9.30 am, Kanpur