It was only apt that Ravichandran Ashwin scaled Mount 500 when the heat was on. When the England batters, true to character, led by Ben Duckett were going on a rampage in their first innings, Ashwin lobbed one up from round-the-wicket to see the end of the other powerful hitter Zak Crawley, beat him in the air sweeping, as Rajat Patidar did the rest.
Ashwin Becomes Second Player To Past 500 Wickets
As soon as Ashwin completed his 500th Test victim in the post-tea session on Friday, only the second Indian to do so after Anil Kumble, who finished with 619 wickets. His teammates gathered around him, bearhugs were exchanged as head coach Rahul Dravid and the rest of the support staff applauded from the Niranjan Shah stadium dressing room.
Ravichandran Ashwin Stats
Ravichandran Ashwin became the second fastest man (98 matches) to 500 wickets, only second to Muttiah Muralitharan (87 matches). Ashwin is the giant of a spinner in home conditions as his 351 wickets at an average of 21.26 show. Even away from home, his 149 wickets have come at an average e of 30.40.
Ashwin Become 9th Bowler To Achieve This
The 37-year-old is also the second fastest to take 500 wickets in the history of Test cricket. Playing his 98th Test match for Team India, Ravichandran Ashwin is the ninth bowler to achieve 500 dismissals. He was seven Tests quicker than Kumble.
With 800 wickets in 133 games, Sri Lanka’s Muralitharan is the all-time highest wicket-taker in Tests.
In the early years of his Test career, Ashwin had to wait his time to be a playing XI regular while Harbhajan Singh was India’s premier off-spinner. But all that changed, as Ashwin began getting better at his craft and started to roll opposing teams over at home like Harbhajan did. Ashwin has 34 5-wicket hauls and 8 10-wicket hauls in Test cricket.