Statsman: Ashwin second-fastest to 450 Test wickets

Ashwin in elite listing

9The variety of bowlers who’ve the excellence of claiming 450 or extra wickets in Test cricket historical past. In the Nagpur Test towards Australia, R. Ashwin turned the most recent entrant to this listing which now contains 4 pacers (Courtney Walsh, Glenn McGrath, James Anderson and Stuart Broad) and 5 spinners (Shane Warne, M. Muralitharan, Anil Kumble, Nathan Lyon and R. Ashwin). By attaining this landmark in his 89th Test, Ashwin is now the second quickest amongst these Test bowlers with 450+ wickets. Also, his bowling strike-rate of 52.35 is one of the best amongst spinners and total, the second finest after Glenn McGrath.

Quickest to succeed in 450 wickets (in fewest Tests)		Best bowling strike-rates whereas attaining 450 Test wickets
Test#	Bowler	For	Achieved on		S/R	Bowler	For	Achieved on
80	M. Muralitharan	SL	7 May 2003		52.19	Glenn McGrath	Aus	29 Oct 2004
89	R. Ashwin	Ind	9 Feb 2023		52.35	R. Ashwin	Ind	9 Feb 2023
93	Anil Kumble	Ind	12 Mar 2005		56.70	James Anderson	Eng	30 May 2016
100	Glenn McGrath	Aus	29 Oct 2004		57.36	Courtney Walsh	WI	15 Jun 2000
101	Shane Warne	Aus	18 Mar 2002		58.15	Stuart Broad	Eng	3 Aug 2019

Notes:

** At 36y-145d, R. Ashwin is the second oldest amongst these 9 bowlers after Courtney Walsh (37y-229d).

** Only two different bowlers on this listing have a greater bowling common than R. Ashwin (24.23) — Glenn McGrath (21.73) and M. Muralitharan (23.56).

3 The variety of gamers to do the all-rounder’s double of 3000+ runs and 450+ wickets in Test cricket. By claiming his 450th Test wicket in Nagpur, R. Ashwin turned the quickest to do that double (3000 runs + 450 wickets) in simply 89 Tests. He, by the way, went previous the 3000-run mark in his earlier Test match in Mirpur.

Quickest to do the double of 3000 runs and 450 wickets in Test cricket

Test#	Player	For	Achieved on	Against	Venue	Runs	Wkts
89	R. Ashwin	Ind	9 Feb 2023	Aus	Nagpur	3043	452
128	Stuart Broad	Eng	4 Aug 2019	Aus	Birmingham	3117	450
142	Shane Warne	Aus	4 Dec 2006	Eng	Adelaide	3018	690

6 The variety of events Ravindra Jadeja has achieved the double of a fifty-plus rating and a five-wicket haul in an innings in the identical Test. In the Nagpur Test, Jadeja turned solely the fifth all-rounder in Test cricket historical past to take action on six or extra events throughout a profession. England’s Ian Botham has performed this on most events — in 11 Test matches.

An particular person fifty-plus rating and a five-wicket haul in the similar Test match on most events

Tests	Player	For	From	To	Total Tests
11	Ian Botham	Eng	Feb 1978	June 1985	102
10	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	Oct 2008	May 2022	65*
6	Richard Hadlee	NZ	Feb 1979	Aug 1986	86
6	R. Ashwin	Ind	Nov 2011	Feb 2021	90*
6	Ravindra Jadeja	Ind	Sep 2016	Feb 2023	62*
5	Malcolm Marshall	WI	Dec 1983	June 1988	81

Notes:
** Botham’s 11 events, contains

— a century and two five-wkt hauls in the identical Test (vs Ind in MumbaiWS in Feb 1980)

— a fifty and a century and a five-wkt haul in the identical Test (vs Aus in Leeds in July 1981).

** Shakib’s 10 events, contains

— two fifties and one five-wkt haul in the identical Test (vs WI in Mirpur in Oct 2011)

— one century and two five-wkt hauls in the identical Test (vs Zim in Khulna in Nov 2014)

— one fifty and two five-wkt hauls in the identical Test (vs Aus in Mirpur in Aug 2017).

** Hadlee’s 6 events, contains

— a fifty and two five-wkt hauls in the identical Test (vs WI in Dunedin in Feb 1980)

— a fifty and two five-wkt hauls in the identical Test (vs Aus in Brisbane in Nov 1985)

6 The variety of events Ravindra Jadeja has achieved the double of a fifty-plus rating and a five-wicket haul in an innings in the identical Test match throughout his profession. His teammate R. Ashwin has additionally performed this on six events, essentially the most by any participant for India.

A fifty-plus rating and a five-wicket haul in the identical Test match for Ravindra Jadeja

Runs	Bowl	Against	Venue	Month, Year	Result
50*	5/73	New Zealand	Kanpur	Sep 2016	Won
51	7/48	England	Chennai	Dec 2016	Won
54*	5/124	Australia	Ranchi	Mar 2017	Drawn
70*	5/152	Sri Lanka	Colombo SSC	Aug 2017	Won
175*	5/41	Sri Lanka	Mohali	Mar 2022	Won
70	5/47	Australia	Nagpur	Feb 2023	Won

5 The variety of Indian gamers to do the double of scoring a fifty-plus rating and likewise declare a five-wicket haul in the identical Test match towards Australia. Jadeja, actually, turned the primary Indian participant to do it twice towards this opponent. Only 5 gamers in Test historical past have achieved the double of 50-plus and a five-wicket haul in the identical Test match towards Australia on two separate events (see listing under in notes).

An particular person fifty-plus and a five-wicket haul in the identical Test match for India towards Australia

Runs	Bowl	Player	Venue	Month, Year	Result
70 & 53	5/74	Rusi Surti	Adelaide	Dec 1967	Lost
56	5/130	Kapil Dev	Adelaide	Jan 1992	Lost
57*	5/91	Zaheer Khan	Bengaluru	Oct 2008	Drawn
54*	5/124	Ravindra Jadeja	Ranchi	Mar 2017	Drawn
70	5/47	Ravindra Jadeja	Nagpur	Feb 2023	Won

Notes: Only 5 gamers have achieved the double of 50-plus and a five-wicket haul in the identical Test match towards Australia on two events:

— Billy Barnes (England, 1885 to 1888)

— Frank Foster (England, 1911 to1912)

— Malcolm Marshall (West Indies in 1984)

— Ian Botham (England, 1981 to 1985)

— Ravindra Jadeja (India, 2017 to 2023)

5 The variety of Indian gamers to do the all-rounder’s double of 5000 runs and 700 wickets in first-class cricket. R Ashwin, within the Delhi Test, claimed his 700th First-Class wicket on the primary day when obtained the wicket of Marnus Labuschagne leg-before after which crossed the landmark of 5000 runs the subsequent day throughout his knock of 37, when on 22. He thus emulated a small band of Indian all-rounders.

Indian gamers with 5000 or extra runs and 700 or extra wickets of their First-Class professions.

Runs	Wkts	Player	Mts	From	To
11593	782	Vinoo Mankad	233	1935/36	1963/64
6617	1390	S. Venkataraghavan	341	1963/64	1984/85
11353	835	Kapil Dev	275	1975/76	1993/94
5572	1136	Anil Kumble	244	1989/90	2008/09
5015	705	R. Ashwin	146	2006/07	2022/23+

+ profession in progress

6 The variety of batters to mixture 25000 runs throughout all three worldwide codecs. Virat Kohli, within the second innings of the Delhi Test, turned the most recent to attain this landmark in worldwide cricket on 19 Feb 2023. Kohli now has 25012 runs. The 5 others forward of him are Sachin Tendulkar (34357 runs), Kumar Sangakkara (28016), Ricky Ponting (27483), Mahela Jayawardene (25957) and Jacques Kallis (25534). However, Kohli is the quickest to succeed in this milestone — in fewest innings and matches.

Quickest to succeed in 25000 worldwide profession runs (in fewest innings)

Inns	Mts	Batter	For	Runs	Ave.	100	50	Opp	Achieved on	Format	Result
549	492	Virat Kohli	Ind	25012	53.55	74	129	Aus	19 Feb 2023	Test	Won
577	507	Sachin Tendulkar	Ind	25016	48.10	75	115	SA	3 Dec 2006	ODI	Lost
588	500	Ricky Ponting	Aus	25035	47.95	68	129	NZ	3 Mar 2010	ODI	Won
594	502	Jacques Kallis	SA	25001	50.30	61	145	Aus	13 Nov 2012	Test	Drawn
608	547	Okayumar Sangakkara	SL	25033	45.93	53	138	Ind	6 Apr 2014	T20I	Won
701	625	Mahela Jayawardene	SL	25051	39.14	51	132	Pak	23 Aug 2014	ODI	Lost

All data are appropriate and up to date till 25 February 2023