Team India is up against England for the third test match in Rajkot of the five-match ongoing series. Team India is currently in the driver’s seat in this test match.
Earlier in the match, India won the toss and elected to bat first. After electing to bat first, India posted a formidable score on the scoreboard as they made 445/10 in the first inning.
From the batting perspective, two of the major stars of Indian batting were Ravindra Jadeja (112) and Skipper Rohit Sharma (131), who notched up a brilliant hundred, followed by Sarfraz Khan (62) which helped team India reach a total of 445.
Coming to bat in the second innings, England got off to a flying start as opener Zak Crawly (15) and Ben Ducket added 89 for the opening wicket in just 13 overs.
However, team India’s ace spinner Ravi Ashwin dismissed Crawley on the score of 15 to claim his 500 wickets in test format, becoming the second spinner after Anil Kumble to do so.
Apart from this, Ashwin was the second fastest in the history of test matches to pick 500 wickets; it took Ashwin just 98 test matches to reach the milestone. Muralitharan is at the top of the list, as he picked up 500 test wickets in just 87 test matches.
Also, Ashwin was second fastest in terms of balls to pick up 500 wickets, as Ashwin took only 25714 balls to reach the milestone. Glenn McGrath tops the list by picking up 500 wickets in 25528 deliveries in his test carrier.
10 Most Wickets In Test Cricket
| Name | Wickets | Matches |
| Murlidaran | 800 | 133 |
| SK Warne | 708 | 145 |
| JM Anderson | 696 | 185 |
| A Kumble | 619 | 132 |
| SCJ Broad | 604 | 167 |
| GD McGrath | 563 | 124 |
| CA Walsh | 132 | 519 |
| NM Lyon | 127 | 517 |
| R Ashwin | 98* | 500 |
| DW Steyn | 93 | 439 |
3 Most Wickets In Test Cricket For India
| Name. | Wickets. | Matches |
| A Kumble | 619 | 132 |
| R Ashwin | 98* | 500 |
| Kapil Dev | 131 | 434 |
