Indian ace spinner, R Ashwin became the fastest bowler in the history of Test cricket to claim 300 Test wickets. He achieved the feat in his 54th Test match against Sri Lanka at Nagpur.
After the match, India’s fielding coach, R Sridhar was seen asking a question to Ashwin, to test his ‘elephant memory’. He Sridhar asked Ashwin who his 100th, 200th and 300th Test victims were, and got the answers at the drop of a hat. Ashwin replied, “100-Darren Sammy at Mumbai, 200-Kane Williamson at Kanpur, and 300-Gamage at Nagpur.”
#Ash300About scaling Mount 300 wickets, the journey thus far and the way forward. Up, close and personal with man of the moment Ashwin Ravi.
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On Monday, the ace spinner picked four wickets on Day 4 of the Test against Sri Lanka, as the visitors were bundled out for a meagre 166 in their second innings. Ashwin’s heroics helped India win the match by a huge margin of an innings and 239 runs.
Talking about the same he said, “I really hope I can go on to double these 300 wickets, I have only played 50 Tests. It’s not easy bowling spin, it looks like you’re just ambling up. But there’s a lot behind it. We’ve bowled a lot of overs, me and Jaddu (Ravindra Jadeja). And the break has helped, I’m a lot more fresher now comparatively.”
Here are Ashwin’s milestone scalps:
1st Test wicket: Darren Bravo (West Indies)
50th Test wicket: Nick Compton (England)
100th Test wicket: Darren Sammy (West Indies)
150th Test wicket: Imran Tahir (South Africa)
200th Test wicket: Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
250th Test wicket: Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)
300th Test Wicket: Lahiru Gamage (Sri Lanka)
