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India’s greatest spinner R Ashwin is celebrating his 38th birthday on Tuesday 17th September. Right-arm off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been a prominent India bowler who has scalped more than 500 wickets in his cricketing career.
Turning 38 is not limiting Ashwin to become India’s greatest bowler who scalped the 516 second most wickets for India in Test cricket. He is right behind Anil Kumble’s 619 most wicket taker for India in Test. In the upcoming home test series against Bangladesh, Ashwin gets a place in the Team India squad after a long pause in the Red-ball cricket.
He is one of the few spinners in the Indian cricket history who raised the standards of Indian bowlers in International cricket. Throughout his career, Ashwin received many accolades and achievements with his exceptional adaptability skills, versatile technique, and never give up mindset. All his hardships and work led Ashwin Anna to a sweet spot on top the finest bowlers in International cricket and made him one of the most respectable cricketers in the world.
On Ravichandran Birthday we Fantasy Khiladi celebrates his achievements and records throughout his career. Here is the list of all the records of Indian spinner R Ashwin in all cricket formats.
- Highest wicket-taker in a single season (82)
- Fastest to reach 250, 300, and 350 wickets in test cricket (in terms of matches)
- Fastest Indian to reach 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, and 500 test wickets (in terms of matches)
- Only Indian cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in the same Test match on three separate instances
- First Indian to take 50 T20I wickets
- Highest-ranked bowler in the ICC men’s player rankings (March 2024) and the highest-rated Indian bowler ever in Tests
- Second most Man of the Series awards in tests (10)
- Third most five-wicket hauls in tests (36) and fastest to 25 five-wicket hauls
- Second highest wicket-taker in tests for India (501)
- Second Indian to score 500 runs and take 50 wickets in a calendar year (2016)
- Most dismissals of left-handers in tests
- Second Indian bowler to take 300 Test wickets at home
- Third Indian to take 700 international wickets
- One of the three all-rounders to achieve the double of 3000 runs and 500 wickets in tests
- Most wickets in India (354)
🎉 Cheers to a cricketing icon!
— Fantasy Khiladi (@_fantasykhiladi) September 17, 2024
2⃣8⃣1⃣ matches
7⃣4⃣4⃣ wickets 🙌
3⃣6⃣ five-wicket hauls 👏
5⃣ centuries 💯
World Cup 2011 & Champions Trophy 2013 champ 🏆
Happy Birthday, @ashwinravi99! 🎂👏 pic.twitter.com/OoNBfigFs4
The list of R Ashwin records will continue as the Indian spinner will take on Bangladesh in the Test match series starting on 19 September at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
