mohali ace india offspinner ravichandran ashwin revealed that former captain and allrounder kapil dev had sent a small handwritten note and bouquet for surpassing his tally of 434 test wicketson sunday ashwin went past kapil devs 434 wickets to become the second highest wickettaker for india in test cricket while kapil dev managed the feat in 131 tests ashwin reached the mark in his 85th testvery sweet of kapil dev paajiread alsonext generation of bowlers can forget about taking 1000 international wickets like shane warne did ashwinravichandran ashwin has claimed that the next generation of bowlers will find it hard to take 1000 international wickets like shane warne did shane warne was a colourful character and he redefined the term bowling he has taken more than 1000 international wickets not many can achieve this rarehe has actually sent a bouquet home he has also sent a small handwritten note congratulating me for crossing him sometimes people do forget that people like kapil devsachin tendulkar anil kumble harbhajan singh those who have done incredible things in the past are one the reasons why i am sitting here today said ashwin in a video posted by the bcci on wednesdaytalking about his feelings in surpassing kapil dev ashwin went on to narrate the tale of him seeing the legendary allrounder achieve the mark as a child if i call this a dream i would be lying for me getting this number of wickets was never even a part of my bucket list i had put up a post on instagram yesterday way back in 1994 i clearly remember i was sitting with my dad my dad used to have a cane chair where i would sit and watch the game we were watching and he was so keenthere were neighbours around and the neighbours had gathered to watch the game and i had no idea what they were looking forward to i then realised that my father was cheering kapil dev on to go past sir richard hadlee i asked him the significance of it and he told me that kapil dev would go on to be the worlds highest wickettakeri was so chuffed about it and you read a lot about it in the papers for me at that point of time an indian achieving that sort of milestone was incredible we have to be deeply indebted to such people at the same time we have to be very humble in what we are doing i am extremely pleased and only full of gratitude for all those people before meashwin was also in praise of how the current test side is shaping up india are now in 10 lead against sri lanka with the second test in bengaluru a daynight affair starting from march 12 its been a wonderful team as i look at it now with a little more maturity and a little bit of a twinkle in my eye i can see the kind of people i brushed shoulders