Ashwin became the first Indian spinner to take a wicket off the first ball

CHENNAI: Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday achieved a unique feat as he became the first Indian spinner to take a wicket off the first ball of an innings in Test cricket. He achieved the feat during England's second innings on Day Four of the first Test when he took the wicket of Rory Burns.

The first incident of a spinner getting a wicket off the first ball of a Test innings took place in 1888 when Bobby Peel dismissed Alec Bannerman off the first ball of the second innings in the third Test at the Old Trafford, Manchester during the Ashes series. In 1907, South Africa's Bert Vogler repeated the feat when he scalped England's Tom Hayward at the Oval in London. IANS

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