IND Vs ENG,3rd Test: List Of Records Created By Ravichandran Ashwin After Taking HISTORIC 500th Wicket

ind vs eng,3rd test: list of records created by ravichandran ashwin after taking historic 500th wicket

India are currently taking on England in the third Test of the five-match series at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. On Day 2 of the match, it was veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin who created history as he took the wicket of Zak Crawley. This was his 500th wicket in the longest format of the game, and the veteran off-spinner created several records after achieving this great milestone.

Ravichandran Ashwin became the second Indian after Anil Kumble to breach the 500-wicket landmark in Test cricket history. Overall, he became the 9th bowler in history to cross the landmark, and the fifth spinner in history to do so.

Here are the five spinners who have taken 500 wickets in Test Cricket history:

Mutthiah Muralitharan- 800

Shane Warne- 708

Anil Kumble- 619

Nathan Lyon- 517

Ravichandran Ashwin- 500

Ravichandran Ashwin picked up his 500th wicket in his 98th Test Match. He has thus become the second-fastest bowler to take 500 wickets, thus breaking the 18-year-old record held by Anil Kumble, who did it 105 Tests.

Here are the fastest bowlers in history to take 500 Test Wickets:

Mutthiah Muralitharan- 87 Matches

Ravichandran Ashwin- 98 Matches

Anil Kumble- 105 Matches

Shane Warne- 108 Matches

Glenn McGrath- 110 Matches

Apart from picking 500 wickets, Ravichandran Ashwin also has scored 3308 runs in his Test career. He has thus become the third player in history to complete the famous double of 3000+ runs and 500 wickets in Test Cricket history, after Shane Warne and Stuart Broad.

Here are the players with 3000 Runs and 500 Wickets in Test Cricket history:

Shane Warne – 3154 runs and 708 wickets

Stuart Broad – 3662 runs and 604 wickets

Ravichandran Ashwin – 3308 runs and 500 wickets