Surrey vs Somerset: Ravi Ashwin picks five-wicket haul on Surrey debut in County Championship 2021

Ravi Ashwin picks five-wicket haul: The Indian spinner has put on display a game-changing spell on his Surrey debut at The Oval.

During the fourth day of a Group 2 County Championship 2021 match between Surrey and Somerset at The Oval, Surrey all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin picked a five-wicket haul on debut to reduce Somerset to 60/7 at lunch in the second innings.

After Jack Leach and Roelof van der Merwe picked a wicket each to bundle out the hosts for 240 in 114.1 overs in the first half an hour of the day, Ashwin ran through Somerset’s batting lineup picking bowling figures of 13-4-23-5 before lunch.

Taking the new ball for the second time in the match, Ashwin drew first blood in the seventh over when Somerset wicket-keeper batsman Steve Davies (7) was caught behind by the Indian player.

Tom Lammonby (3), who was Ashwin’s solitary wicket in the first innings, was the second batsman to be dismissed in the ninth over. Ashwin then accounted for Somerset captain James Hildreth (14) as he was found wanting in front of the stumps.

It was just before lunch that Ashwin dismissed George Bartlett (12) and van der Merwe (7) to pick his 49th five-wicket haul in first-class cricket. With a couple of sessions remaining in the match, Somerset are currently leading by 249 runs.

Ravi Ashwin picks five-wicket haul on Surrey debut

3️⃣ wickets for @ashwinravi99 this morning 👏

Watch Ashwin bowl here 👉 https://t.co/McRdXCeJlT pic.twitter.com/MTQVC22ovr

— LV= Insurance County Championship (@CountyChamp) July 14, 2021

🎯 pic.twitter.com/15HW9oZPe3

— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) July 14, 2021

Twitter reactions on R Ashwin:

Ashwin dismissing Bartlet. Also got Van der Merwe with a carrom ball, caught at forward short-legpic.twitter.com/FPiKwh9DOR

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) July 14, 2021

13-4-23-5. 5-fer for Ashwin at Surrey. Pins Roelof Van der Merwe with a carrom. If Somerset declare at lunch, it would leave him with a match haul of 56-13-122-6, Eco: 2.17. #Surrey #CountyLive pic.twitter.com/te8fBKpQpz

— Srini Mama (@SriniMaama16) July 14, 2021

5-for for Ravichandran Ashwin!

Nine wickets have fallen in the first session of the day, all to spin!#CountyCricket2021 pic.twitter.com/w997Xa9Ulb

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) July 14, 2021

The Master @ashwinravi99 has led @surreycricket‘s fightback in the 2nd innings with 5/23 so far 😯

Somerset find themselves reduced to 60/7 with a lead of 249 at lunch.#CountyCricket2021 pic.twitter.com/I8stslRAb0

— Delhi Capitals (Stay Home. Wear Double Masks😷) (@DelhiCapitals) July 14, 2021

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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