Ashwin breaks over 100-year-old record!

TIL Desk Sports/ Veteran India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, on Monday, became the first spinner in over 100 years of Test cricket to earn the distinction of dismissing a batsman off the very first ball of an innings.

On day four of the first Test against England, Ashwin sent back England opener Rory Burns off the very first ball of the second innings, caught by Ajinkya Rahane in the slips, to become only the third spinner in the 134 year history of the game to earn that rare distinction.

The last time it happened was when South African leg spinner Bert Vogler dimissed England’s Tom Hayward in a Test match at the Oval in 1907. It was the first ball of the match. The first spinner to achieve the feat was Yorkshire left-arm spinner Bobby Peel during an Ashes Test match in 1888.