IND vs ENG: Kuldeep-Ashwin insist each other to lead the team back towards the pavilion in a heart-warming moment

India left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav wreaked havoc on England on Day 1 of the fifth Test at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala as he picked the fourth five-wicket haul of his career. The 29-year-old registered figures of 5/72 in 15 overs as he picked five out of the first six wickets of England’s innings. Yadav first broke the 64-run opening stand between Ben Duckett (27 off 58) and Zak Crawley by getting the former caught at point.

He further got the second scalp in the form of Ollie Pope (11 off 24) getting him stumped in the 26^th over. Following his landmark achievement, Kuldeep was given the ball to lead the Indian team back towards the dressing room. However, in a heartfelt moment, he asked the veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to take the honours, who was playing his 100^th Test. To add to the drama, the senior spinner denied the offer and humbly asked the Kanpur-born cricketer to lead the team as he picked a fifer.

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Notably, Ashwin also picked 4/51 in 11.4 overs taking the last four wickets of the England innings. He dismissed Tom Hartley (6 off 9), Mark Wood (0 off 2), Ben Foakes (24 off 42) and James Anderson (0 off 3) to bundle out England for 218 in the first innings.

Kuldeep also completed fifty wickets in Tests

Earlier in the day, after dismissing Duckett and Pope in the first session, Kuldeep further sent Zak Crawley (79 off 108), Jonny Bairstow (29 off 18) and Ben Stokes (0 off 6) on their way back to the pavilion to complete his fifer. He also completed fifty Test scalps during the innings.

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Notably, Kuldeep earlier picked 4/68 in Dharamsala on his Test debut against Australia dismissing David Warner (56 off 87), Peter Handscomb (8 off 23), Glenn Maxwell (8 off 17) and Pat Cummins (21 off 40).