Indian ace spin duo Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja created history as they became the highest wicket-taking bowling pair for the country in Tests during the ongoing first Test against England in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Ashwin-Jadeja surpassed the legendary pair of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh as they clinched their 502nd wicket together in the red-ball format for India.
Kumble and Harbhajan hold 501 wickets together as a bowling pair in Tests for India. England's James Anderson and Stuart Broad have bagged the most wickets by a bowling pair in Tests with 1039 wickets in 138 matches.
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Former India pacer Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh are third on the list with 474 wickets while Ashwin and Umesh Yadav have together snatched 431 wickets for India in Test cricket.
Among the playing bowling pairs, Australia's Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon lead the list with 643 wickets in 81 Tests.
Coming to the match, Ashwin achieved another feat of completing 150 wickets in World Test Championship (WTC) history. He became the first Indian bowler to claim the feat. Ashwin is third on the list of most wickets in WTC as Australia captain Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon occupy the top two spots with 169 wickets each.
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Ashwin gave India the first breakthrough as he trapped Zak Crawley (35) in front of the wickets after a solid start.
Jadeja joined him with the early dismissal of Ollie Pope (1) while Ashwin sent Ben Duckett (35) back to the pavilion to tighten grip in the opening session of play.
England were 108/3 at Lunch as Jonny Bairstow 32* and Joe Root 18* remain unbeaten on the crease.
Earlier, England captain won the toss and opted to bat first as India picked three spinners and two pacers in their playing 11.