R Ashwin on Friday became second Indian bowler to take 500 Test wickets
He reached to the massive landmark with the wicket of Zak Crawley in Rajkot Test
Ashwin is second Indian to reach 500 Test wickets after the great Anil Kumble (619)
Overall he is the ninth bowler in world cricket and fifth spinner to have 500 wickets
It has taken 98 Tests for Ashwin to reach 500 wickets, second fastest after Muralitharan (87 Tests)
He took 25,715 balls to reach the landmark and is only behind McGrath (25,528 balls)
Majority of Ashwin’s wickets have come at home: 347 out 500 wickets have come from 58 matches in India
The list of most Test wickets: Muralitharan (800 wickets), Warne (708), Anderson (695*), Kumble (619)...
...Broad (604), McGrath (563), Courtney Walsh (519) and Nathan Lyon (517*)
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