Stats: Ravi Ashwin becomes the 2nd fastest to 200 Test wickets

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Ravichandran Ashwin bagged yet another record in Test cricket as he became the 2nd fastest to the 200 wickets milestone in the longest format of the game. Ashwin, playing in his career’s 37th Test at Kanpur vs New Zealand, completed 200 wickets in Test cricket with the wicket of New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on day 4. Thus he stood 2nd on the list of quickest to 200 Test wickets only behind Australia Clarrie Grimmett, who took in 36 Tests.

This milestone puts him ahead of some of the great names in the cricketing history. By reaching the 200 wickets in just his 37 Test, He has now overtaken the likes of Dennis Lillee, Waqar Younis, Dale Steyn and Shane Warne. All of these legends took more number of matches than Ashwin to achieve this feat during their career.

Ravi Ashwin, who was the fastest to 50, 100 and 150 wickets mark for India in Tests, now became the fastest to 200 wickets as well. He took 9 matches each for his first two set of fifty wickets (1-50 and 51-100) while 11 for his 3rd set of fifty wickets (101-150). However, he took just 8 matches for his 4th set of fifty wickets (151-200).

Fastest to 200 wickets in Test cricket:

 

PlayerTeamMatches takenTimeDebutMatch DateOppositionGround
Clarrie GrimmettAustralia3610y 353d27-Feb-192515-Feb-1936 South AfricaJohannesburg
Ravichandran AshwinIndia374y 321d6-Nov-201122-Sep-2016 New ZealandKanpur
Dennis LilleeAustralia389y 3d29-Jan-19711-Feb-1980 EnglandMelbourne
Waqar YounisPakistan386y 23d15-Nov-19898-Dec-1995 New ZealandChristchurch
Dale SteynSouth Africa395y 175d17-Dec-200410-Jun-2010 West IndiesPort of Spain
Ian BothamEngland414y 30d28-Jul-197727-Aug-1981 AustraliaThe Oval
Stuart MacGillAustralia419y 282d30-Jan-19988-Nov-2007 Sri LankaBrisbane
Malcolm MarshallWest Indies427y 82d15-Dec-19787-Mar-1986 EnglandPort of Spain
Shane WarneAustralia423y 340d2-Jan-19928-Dec-1995 Sri LankaPerth
Allan DonaldSouth Africa425y 343d18-Apr-199227-Mar-1998 Sri LankaCenturion

 

Among Indians, Harbhajan Singh was previous fastest to the milestone taking 46 matches while Ashwin took just 37 games, 9 less than the turbonator.

Fastest to 200 wickets in Test cricket by Indians:

 

PlayerMatches takenTimeDebutMatch DateOppositionGround
Ravichandran Ashwin374y 321d6-Nov-201122-Sep-2016 New ZealandKanpur
Harbhajan Singh467y 172d25-Mar-199813-Sep-2005v ZimbabweBulawayo
Anil Kumble478y 59d9-Aug-19907-Oct-1998v ZimbabweHarare
BS Chandrasekhar4813y 343d21-Jan-196430-Dec-1977v AustraliaMelbourne
N Kapil Dev504y 146d16-Oct-197811-Mar-1983v West IndiesPort of Spain
Bishan Singh Bedi5110y 14d31-Dec-196614-Jan-1977v EnglandChennai
Javagal Srinath549y 339d29-Nov-19913-Nov-2001v South AfricaBloemfontein

(Stats updated till 25th September, 2016)

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