India vs England: R Ashwin reaches 500 Test wickets, ninth to enter club

R Ashwin entered the 500 Test wickets club with the wicket of Zak Crawley in the third Test against England in Rajkot on Friday. Ashwin is the ninth bowler to take 500 Test wickets and second Indian in this club after Anil Kumble. The India bowler is the fifth spinner to reach 500 Test wickets. **IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Day 2 LIVE Scores** Ashwin has taken 98 matches for his 500 Test wickets while picking 34 fifers and eight 10-wicket hauls. The 37-year-old best figures in an innings is 7/59, while 13/140 is his best in a match. In fact Ashwin is the second-fastest bowler to 500 wickets, both in terms of matches and balls bowled. Ashwin took 25,715 balls to reach the landmark and is only behind Glenn McGrath who completed the feat in 25,528 balls. He also surpassed Kumble in terms of matches taken to reach 500 Test wickets. Kumble got to 500-club in 105 matches, while Ashwin reached there in 98 games. Only Muttiah Muralitharan is ahead, having done so in 87 Tests.

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Take A Bow, R Ashwin 🙌 🙌

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Majority of Ashwin’s wickets have come at home. Having played his first Test match at Delhi in November 2011, 347 of his 500 wickets have come from 58 matches in India. The list of most Test wickets is led by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800 wickets) followed by Shane Warne (708), James Anderson (695*), Kumble (619), Stuart Broad (604), Glenn McGrath (563), Courtney Walsh (519) and Nathan Lyon (517*).