Twitter Hails Ravichandran Ashwin As He Becomes The Second Fastest Bowler In Test History To Claim 400 Wickets
Published - 25 Feb 2021, 07:38 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:57 PM

On a ground where Sunil Gavaskar became the first batsman to score 10000 Test runs, on a ground where Sachin Tendulkar broke Gavaskar’s record of most Test centuries, on a ground where Kapil Dev broke Sir Richard Hadlee’s record of most Test wickets, Ravichandran Ashwin ensured that yet another feat was achieved at the same venue as he breached Mount.400 in Test cricket.
The champion off-spinner claimed his 400th scalp on the second evening of the ongoing pink ball Test as he trapped Jofra Archer plumb in front of the wicket.

And by doing that, Ashwin has become the second-fastest bowler in the history of the game to claim 400 Test wickets. The Tamil Nadu tweaker has taken just 77 Tests to breach the 400 barrier. Only Muttiah Muralitharan- 72 Tests- has brought up the milestone faster than him.
Ravichandran Ashwin is also the fastest to claim 300 Test wickets and the joint-fastest to 350 wickets alongside Muttiah Muralitharan.
What a champion bowler ??
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Ashwin is the third Indian spinner after the legendary duo of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh and the fourth Indian bowler overall to claim 400 wickets in the longest format of the game.
Overall, Ravichandran Ashwin is the sixth spinner in the history of red-ball cricket to claim 400 wickets. In the same Test match, Ashwin has also become the fourth-fastest bowler to claim 600 international wickets. Ashwin has taken 234 matches to achieve the landmark and he is only preceded by Dale Steyn [211], Glenn McGrath [226], and Alan Donald [232]
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
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Terrific consistency!
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Well done @<!---->a<!---->s<!---->h<!---->w<!---->i<!---->n<!---->r<!---->a<!---->v<!---->i<!---->9<!---->9 on reaching 400 wickets .Phenomenal! Congratulations on a fantastic achievement. Great going, keep it up! ??
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Magnificent milestone for the spin wizard @<!---->a<!---->s<!---->h<!---->w<!---->i<!---->n<!---->r<!---->a<!---->v<!---->i<!---->9<!---->9 Congratulations Ash on 400 Test Wickets. Keep ‘em coming. #<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D<!---->v<!---->E<!---->N<!---->G @<!---->S<!---->t<!---->a<!---->r<!---->S<!---->p<!---->o<!---->r<!---->t<!---->s<!---->I<!---->n<!---->d<!---->i<!---->a p<!---->i<!---->c<!---->.<!---->t<!---->w<!---->i<!---->t<!---->t<!---->e<!---->r<!---->.<!---->c<!---->o<!---->m<!---->/<!---->j<!---->F<!---->f<!---->a<!---->5<!---->h<!---->y<!---->z<!---->f<!---->V
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Who’d have thought Ravichandran Ashwin would beat Nathan Lyon to 400 Test wickets? He started the Australia-India series on 365 to Lyon’s 390. Lyon will be stuck on 399 for quite some time. #<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D<!---->v<!---->E<!---->N<!---->G
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Fastest Indian to take
50 Test wickets: Ashwin
100 Test wickets: Ashwin
150 Test wickets: Ashwin
200 Test wickets: Ashwin
250 Test wickets: Ashwin
300 Test wickets: Ashwin
350 Test wickets: Ashwin
400 Test Wickets: Ashwin— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->2<!---->5<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->2<!---->1
Fastest Indian to take
50 Test wickets: Ashwin
100 Test wickets: Ashwin
150 Test wickets: Ashwin
200 Test wickets: Ashwin
250 Test wickets: Ashwin
300 Test wickets: Ashwin
350 Test wickets: Ashwin
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ASHWIN’S 400 ??? The biggest congratulations to Ravichandran Ashwin on 400 Test wickets! He gets Archer out for a duck – LBW. The man is a magician! Time to celebrate! Take a bow Ravi Ashwin! What a cricketer. ????????? #<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D<!---->v<!---->E<!---->N<!---->G
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Who’d have thought Ravichandran Ashwin would beat Nathan Lyon to 400 Test wickets? He started the Australia-India series on 365 to Lyon’s 390. Lyon will be stuck on 399 for quite some time. #<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D<!---->v<!---->E<!---->N<!---->G
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Fastest to 400 Test wickets (No. of matches):
72 – Muralitharan
77 – ASHWIN
80 – Hadlee
80 – Steyn
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Ashwin – 400 test wickets. Cook “I feel like I was 290 of them “
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R Ashwin has raced away to 400 Test wickets, in every literal sense.
Exceptional stuff!
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400 Test wickets for Ashwin. A modern giant.
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Great cricketer @<!---->a<!---->s<!---->h<!---->w<!---->i<!---->n<!---->r<!---->a<!---->v<!---->i<!---->9<!---->9 !! #400
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Fastest to take 600 wickets across formats (Matches)
211 – D Steyn ??
226 – G McGrath ??
232 – A Donald ??
234 – R Ashwin* ??
236 – S Warne ??
240 – M Muralitharan ??
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