Ravichandran Ashwin vaulted into the record books after he became the quickest bowler to take 300 wickets in Test cricket. Ashwin took just 54 Test matches to achieve the record, which was owned by Dennis Lillee, the former Aussie quick.
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Incidentally, Ashwin broke Lillee’s record on the same day after 36 years when Lillee scalped his 300th wicket in Test cricket.
In the second session of the day, Ashwin needed one wicket to achieve the record while Sri Lanka just had two wickets in hand. Umesh Yadav gave Sri Lanka a blow when a casual shot from Dinesh Chandimal saw him being dismissed.
After a break of few overs though, Ashwin spun his way to record books when he bowled out Lahiru Gamage and added his name in record books with his record 300th Test wicket.
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Talking about Indian bowlers, Anil Kumble was the fastest Indian reach the mark of 300 wickets.
Ashwin also completed his 500 wickets in international cricket today and became the sixth Indian to enter this elite list of bowlers.
Last but not the least, Ashwin is also the quickest Indian bowler to take 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 wickets in Test cricket.
A win on the fourth day of the game added to team India’s joy and now the Virat Kohli led team will be going in the final Test with an eye to keeping Sri Lanka empty handed, just like team India did on their tour to the country early this year.
Here are some best of the tweets in R Ashwin’s record –
300 Test wickets for Ashwin #Ash300 pic.twitter.com/805tJmvoEw
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 27, 2017
26 5-fers
7 10-fers
7 Man of the Match
7 Man of the Series
54 tests
300 wicketsFastest in the world to 300 test wickets
R.Ashwin, remember the name! #AalaporanThamizhan ulagam ellame, they said. Well said. #Ash300 #Legend #TNPride #IndvsSL
— Srini Mama (@SriniMama16) November 27, 2017
Congratulations @ashwinravi99 on becoming the fastest to reach the landmark of 300 test wickets #Ashwin300 #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/rZMhkE7K1g
— Lakshmi Narayanan (@lakshuakku) November 27, 2017
Fastest to 300 test wickets
R.Ashwin – 54 tests
Dennis Lillee – 56 tests
Muralitharan – 58 tests
Richard Hadlee – 61 tests
Malcolm Marshall – 61 tests
Dale Steyn – 61 testsSitting at the top of the tree, congrats @ashwinravi99 on the colossal achievement! #Ash300 #Legend
— Srini Mama (@SriniMama16) November 27, 2017
Congratulations to @ashwinravi99 on reaching 300 Test wickets, the fastest player to reach the milestone, taking just 54 matches! #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/IW7lzG4ZMd
— ICC (@ICC) November 27, 2017
Fastest to 300 Test wickets:
54 Tests: Ashwin
56 Tests: Lillee
61 Tests: Murali
61 Tests: Malcolm
61 Tests: Steyn
63 Tests: Warne
63 Tests: Donald
64 Tests: McGrath— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) November 27, 2017
27 Nov 1981
Dennis Lillee took 300th Test wicket27 Nov 2017
Ravi Ashwin breaks Dennis Lillee record of fastest 300 Test wickets.— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) November 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/Cricket24com/status/935053364290715648
Congrats @ashwinravi99 – 300 Test Wickets in just 54 Tests! Phenomenal and a fantastic achievement for a spinner.
— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) November 27, 2017
Ravichandran Ashwin breaks Dennis Lillee's record exactly after 36 years. Both completed their 300 Test wickets on November 27th. https://t.co/atr1hckTVk
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) November 27, 2017
Kudos! The records keep piling up @ashwinravi99. Now quickest to 300 Test wickets. Like the quickest 250, again just ahead of the great DK Lillee. #INDvSL
— Gautam Bhimani (@gbhimani) November 27, 2017
300 wickets in 54 tests is a colossal achievement for @ashwinravi99. It makes him worthy of being called a modern great.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 27, 2017
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