Ashwin Becomes Fastest Indian Bowler to Take 100 Test Wickets

Mumbai: Ravichandran Ashwin has become the fastest Indian bowler to take bag hundred Test wickets during the second match against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

With his bowling and all-round contribution, Ashwin has topped the charts in the ICC Test Rankings for all-rounders after he scored a ton in the first Test.

According to reports, Ashwin surpassed former Indian cricketer Erapalli Prasanna, who had achieved the feat in 20 Test matches, and reached the mark with the wicket of Darren Sammy.

Here are the fastest Indians to 100 Test wickets:
Ravichandran Ashwin: 18 Tests
Erapalli Prasanna: 20 Tests
Anil Kumble: 21 Tests
Shubhash Gupte: 22 Tests
Bhagwath Chadrashekar: 22 Tests
Pragyan Ojha: 22 Tests
Vinoo Mankad: 23 Tests
Kapil Dev: 25 Tests
Harbhajan Singh: 25 Tests
Bishan Singh Bedi: 28 Tests

Here are the fastest 100 Test wickets in world
GA Lohmann (Eng) - 16 Test
CTB Turner (Aus) - 17 Test
SF Barnes (Eng) - 17 Test
CV Grimmett (Aus) - 17 Test
R Ashwin (India) - 18 Test

Scores	Upcoming	Results
West Indies vs England - 5th T20I Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - 2nd ODI 3rd T20I - Australia v Pakistan - November 18, 08:00 GMT 3rd ODI - Sri Lanka v New Zealand - November 19, 09:00 GMT 4th T20I - West Indies v England at St. Lucia West Indies won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) 2nd T20I - Australia v Pakistan at Sydney Australia won by 13 runs

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