Indian Magical Spinner R. Ashwin Created History In Test Cricket Surpassed Anil Kumble, Herath

India’s star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has achieved a mammoth record in the fourth Test match against Australia. Ravichandran Ashwin’s name has been recorded in the history of Indian cricket as soon as he achieved this record.

Ravichandran Ashwin took the wickets of six Australian batsmen in the fourth Test match being played in Ahmedabad. As soon as Ravichandran Ashwin took five wickets, he broke the record of Anil Kumble in terms of taking a maximum 5 wicket haul while playing in India.

Ravichandran Ashwin has taken five wicket haul a total of 25 times in Test cricket while playing in India. He took this count to 26 as soon as he took five wickets in this match. Earlier, Anil Kumble had taken five wicket hauls a total of 25 times in Test cricket while playing in India. Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 473 wickets in Test cricket so far. He has taken 151 wickets in 113 ODIs while 72 wickets in 65 T20s and 157 wickets in 184 matches of IPL.

Apart from this, Ravichandran Ashwin has become the first Indian bowler to take 113 wickets in Test cricket against Australia after taking 6 wickets. Earlier, the record of taking the most Test wickets from India against Australia was in the name of veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble. Veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble has taken 111 Test wickets against Australia.

The bowler with most 5 wicket haul in his country (Test)

1. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 45 times
2. Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 26 times
3. Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka) – 26 times
4. Anil Kumble (India) – 25 times
5. James Anderson (England) – 24 times

Indian bowler with most Test wickets against Australia

1. Ravichandran Ashwin – 113 Test wickets
2. Anil Kumble – 111 Test wickets
3. Harbhajan Singh – 95 Test wickets

Highest wicket-taker in test cricket

1. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 800 Test wickets
2. Shane Warne (Australia) – 708 Test wickets
3. James Anderson (England) – 685 Test wickets
4. Anil Kumble (India) – 619 Test wickets
5. Stuart Broad (England) – 576 Test wickets
6. Glenn McGrath (Australia) – 563 Test wickets
7. Courtney Walsh (West Indies) – 519 Test wickets
8. Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 479 Test wickets
9. Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 473 Test wickets
10. Indian bowler with most wickets in test cricket
11. Anil Kumble – 619 Test wickets
12. Ravichandran Ashwin – 473 Test wickets
13. Kapil Dev – 434 Test wickets
14. Harbhajan Singh – 417 Test wickets