Indian all-rounder R. Ashwin etched himself in history as he became the second quickest to 200 test wickets. Ashwin got to the milestone in just his 37th test, and that is the second fastest record for the race to 200 test scalps. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson became Ashwin’s 200th test wicket and the right-hander was trapped dead in front of the stumps.
Ashwin has been a genuine match winner for India and his display at Kanpur on the fourth evening was just lethal. Ashwin is second just to Australian legend Clarrie Grimmett, who got to the milestone in 36 tests. Twitter saluted Ashwin for his heroics, and below are some of the tweets.
Quickest Indian to…..
50 wkts: Ashwin (9 Tests)
100 wkts: Ashwin (18)
150 wkts: Ashwin (29)
200 wkts: Ashwin (37)#INDvNZ @ashwinravi99— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) September 25, 2016
Ravi Ashwin’s milestone wickets in Tests:
100th wicket: Darren Sammy (WI captain)
200th wicket: Kane Williamson (NZ captain)#INDvNZ— Sampath ? (@SAMPATHB24) September 25, 2016
Congrats @ashwinravi99 for becoming the Fastest Indian 2 Enter the #200Club & 2nd in the all time List. #SmellingBlood #IndvsNz
— SwapnasagarBasanta P (@Swapnasagar2014) September 25, 2016
Namma Ash becomes the second quickest to 200 Test wickets! #IndvsNz
— S (@ShriNirpankar7) September 25, 2016
congrats @ashwinravi99 #200 wickets besides 4 centuries, #India's match winner, take a bow #BCCI #indvsnz @BCCI #INDvNZ #500thTest #500th
— Dhruva Joshi ?? (@dhruvajoshi) September 25, 2016
"Ashwin's de fastest indian to reach 200 in tests!!
Williamson will be remembered !!Keep spinning your magic!! 😀#indvsnz #Record
— KalliValli_Habbibi (@KalliValliHabbi) September 25, 2016
What a Good wicket for bringing your 200th test wicket!
Congratulations #Ashwin#IndvsNZ #500thTEST— Pavilion Talks ® (@PavilionTalks) September 25, 2016
Ashwin is deadly on Indian pitches, now wait for Jadeja to join him nd take the kiwis down #indvsnz #500thTest
— Gaurav Upadhyay (@gbupadhyay) September 25, 2016
Congrats @ashwinravi99 on ur 200 wkts.. ???Outstanding career so far. Long way to go.. Keep rocking … ???. #indvsnz
— kishi (@kishi1312) September 25, 2016
https://twitter.com/ICCLive_CT2017/status/779989763285803008
200 wickets for Ravichandran Ashwin !!
2nd fastest ever in HISTORY of cricket
Take a bow
Proud Indian
Next stop @ 300 wicket#IndvsNz
— Dr Rajkumar (@I_Raj13) September 25, 2016
https://twitter.com/SuperGops/status/779989710110269440
@ashwinravi99 congrats anna. What a prestigious record to have. 200 wkts in 37 matches #LegendStuff #INDvsNZ #KanpurTest #500thTestMatch
— Akash Kriplani (@kriptweets) September 25, 2016
That's Ashwin's 200th, second fastest in Test history.
A perfect spinner for the Dream XI. #indvsnz #IndiasDreamXI— ヅ (@jabhij) September 25, 2016
If wicket-taking in test cricket was a race, @ashwinravi99 is the Indian Usain Bolt of it.#indvsnz #INDvNZ
— Ramesh Iyer ?? (@TheMylaporean) September 25, 2016