Ashwin reaches 300 Test wickets: Fastest bowler to the mark

Bengaluru, November 27: R Ashwin became the fastest to 300 Test wickets during India's second Test against Sri Lanka in Nagpur on Monday (November 27).

Ashwin in numbers (Courtesy: @lakshuakku)

India won the Test by an innings and 239 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series and the third Test will be played at New Delhi.

300th test wicket at the Jamtha (Nagpur) ,a memorable day. Thank you all🙏@imVkohli look forward to the next 18 months. pic.twitter.com/hjtdVXndSI
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) November 27, 2017

Ashwin took 54 Tests to achieve the feat, breaking Dennis Lillee's 56-Test mark.

Australian pace legend Lillee incidentally set the record on the same day in 1981 against Pakistan at Brisbane.

Ashwin is also the fifth Indian bowler to take 300 Test wickets in Tests after Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (417) and Zaheer Khan (311).

Fewest Tests to 300-wickets

54: R Ashwin

56: Dennis Lillee

58: Muttiah Muralitharan

61: Richard Hadlee

61: Malcolm Marshall