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Ravi Ashwin Reaches Another Milestone; Surpasses West Indies Legend With Wicket Of Shakib Al Hasan

Ravi Ashwin against Bangladesh (X.com)Ravi Ashwin against Bangladesh (X.com)

Ravi Ashwin is one of the greatest match-winners for India in Test cricket, and the man just continues to tumble records for fun. His consistency over the years in Test cricket, especially in Indian conditions has played a big role in India not losing a Test series at home since last 12 years, and now against Bangladesh in the first Test at Chennai, he has produced another stunning all-round performance.

The Tamil Nadu-lad scored a brilliant counter-attacking century in the first innings to take India out of the trouble and now with the wicket of Shakib Al Hasan in the second innings, he has surpassed West Indian legend, Courtney Walsh with 520th wicket in Test cricket in 101 Test matches and is now eighth on the list of the leading wicket-takers in the longest format. 

Muttiah Muralitharan Tops The List Of Leading Wicket-Takers In Test Cricket

Walsh, on the other hand, finished his career with 519 wickets in 132 Tests at an average of 24.4 and a strike rate of 57.8 whereas Ashwin has taken his 520 wickets with a stunning average of 23.7 and a strike-rate of 50.7. He is now the second highest-wicket taker for India as well and is just behind Anil Kumble who is fourth on the list with 619 Test wickets from 132 matches. Also, Ashwin finished the Test match against Bangladesh with a six-wicket haul and now has 522 Test wickets.

Player
Matches
Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan133800
Shane Warne145708
James Anderson188704
Anil Kumble132619
Stuart Broad167604
Glenn McGrath124563
Nathan Lyon
129530
Ravi Ashwin101522
Courtney Walsh132519
Dale Steyn93439

Ashwin Equals Shane Warne

Muttiah Muralitharan is the leading wicket-taker currently with 800 Test wickets in 133 matches while Shane Warne is second with 708 wickets. James Anderson is the leading wicket-taker among pacers with 704 wickets in 188 Test matches. Ashwin also with surpassing Walsh, also equalled Warne's tally of 37 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket. Muralidharan also tops the list of five-wicket hauls with 67 of those in his long and illustrious career.