Ashwin become only third Indian to take 250 T20 wicket
Delhi Capitals spinner Ravichandran Ashwin joined an the special list as he became only the 3rd Indian after Amit Mishra and Piyush Chawla to pick 250 wickets in T20 cricket during an IPL clash against Rajasthan Royals. Ashwin took wicket of RR batter David Miller for 7 to grab his first wicket in 6 games and 250th in T20 cricket on Saturday.
250 T20 wickets for the maestro🔥 @ashwinravi99 #IPL2021 #DCvsRR pic.twitter.com/krcp8GYLu9
— Cricket.com (@weRcricket) September 25, 2021
The 34-year-old spinner has 140 wickets to his name in the ongoing IPL career while he bagged 52 wickets for India in 46 T20Is. The rest of his wickets came in the domestic circuit. He is the sixth-highest wicket-taker in the IPL. Veteran pacer Lasith Malinga is leading the chart with 170 scalps followed by Amit Mishra (160), Piyush Chawla (156), Dwayne Bravo (154), and Harbhajan Singh (150).
Apart from Malinga, all the top five wicket-takers are playing in the IPL. Malinga announced his retirement ahead of the start of the 14th edition of the tournament while in the last season he made himself unavailable due to personal reasons.