R Ashwin becomes the king of test cricket
Ravichandran Ashwin 500 Test Wickets: Team India’s veteran spinner R Ashwin has created history in Test cricket. R Ashwin has completed 500 wickets in his Test career. He has become the second bowler for India to take 500 wickets in his Test career. Before him, this feat was done by veteran player Anil Kumble. Apart from R Ashwin-Anil Kumble, only 8 bowlers in the history of cricket have been able to touch the figure of 500 Test wickets.
Ashwin completes 500 wickets in test cricket
Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 184 innings of 98 Test matches to complete 500 wickets in Tests. With this he has become the second bowler to take the fastest 500 wickets in Test cricket. He has left Anil Kumble behind. Anil Kumble had completed 500 Test wickets in 105 matches. At the same time, the record of taking the fastest 500 wickets in Test is in the name of Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan. Muttiah Muralitharan took 500 wickets in 87 test matches.
List of bowlers who took 500 wickets in test
- Muttiah Muralitharan 800 wickets
- Shane Warne 708 wickets
- James Anderson 695 wickets
- Anil Kumble 619 wickets
- Stuart Broad 604 wickets
- Glenn McGrath 563 wickets
- Courtney Walsh 519 wickets
- Nathan Lyon 517 wickets
- R Ashwin 500 wickets
Bowlers who took the most wickets for India in Tests
R Ashwin is second in terms of taking most wickets for India in Test cricket. Whereas, Anil Kumble is at the forefront of this list. Anil Kumble has taken a total of 619 wickets for India in Tests. On the other hand, Ashwin is also at second place in terms of taking most wickets for India in international cricket. He has taken 728 wickets in international cricket.
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