India tour of England: R Ashwin picks up 5-wicket haul in county championship for Surrey ahead of Test series

India tour of England: Playing for Surrey in a one-off assignment, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up a 5 wicket haul in the 2nd innings of their County Championship match against Somerset on Wednesday at the Oval in London.

Ravichandran Ashwin could not have asked for a better platform to prepare for the upcoming 5-Test series against England. The veteran India off-spinner was in full flow on Day 4 of the County Championship match between Surrey and Somerset at the Oval in London, picking up his 49th 5-wicket haul in first-class cricket. WICKET5fer for Ashwin in just 13 overs. He gets van der Merwe (7) LBW. What a performance!Somerset - 58/7. pic.twitter.com/QroaMyRtAh Ashwin, who joined Surrey for a one-off match before the England Tests, picked up a 5-wicket haul in just 13 overs during which he bowled 4 maidens and conceded only 23 runs. Somerset began their 2nd innings 189 run lead but Ashwin spun a web around their top-order batsmen, picking up 3 top-order wickets.