Ravichandran Ashwin breaks records in WTC, surpasses Nathan Lyon in India vs New Zealand 2nd Test

Ashwin made history by achieving the feat of dismissing Will Young in the ongoing match. Prior to that, he had already surpassed Australia spinner Nathan Lyon's tally of 188 wickets in the World Test Championship by dismissing New Zealand skipper Tom Latham.

The seasoned India off-spinner now has 189 wickets to his name in WTC while Lyon has 188 scalps to his name. Australia pacers Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc are on the third and fourth spots, respectively, with 175 and 147 wickets to their name.

England's Stuart Broad, who has announced his retirement, is on the fifth spot with 134 wickets in his kitty.

After picking up the wicket of Will Young, Ashwin has also equalled Nathan Lyon's tally of Test wickets. Both the spinners now have 530 scalps to their name in the longest format of the game.

Ashwin now needs 33 wickets more to go past Australia's Glenn McGrath to become the sixth highest wicket taker in Tests.

The Indian spinner would look to finish his career with more than 619 wickets, and achieve more scalps than Anil Kumble.

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralidaran has the highest number of Test wickets (800). Australia's Shane Warne is at the second spot with 708 wickets while England's recently-retired James Anderson is at the third spot with 704 wickets.

Kumble and Broad are at the fourth and fifth spots respectively, with 619 and 604 wickets to their name.

Coming back to the ongoing Test between India and New Zealand, the visitors won the toss and opted to bat first. The Kiwis lost Tom Latham and Will Young in the first session.

Earlier, the BlackCaps had defeated India by eight wickets in the opening Test of the three-match series in Bengaluru.