Statsman: Ashwin second quickest to achieve 500 wickets in Test cricket

Aswin scales Mt. 500

 

 

9 The variety of bowlers who now have the excellence of reaching 500 wickets throughout their Test profession. India’s R. Ashwin grew to become the newest to hitch this elite group on the second day of the Rajkot Test match on 16 March 2024. He thus grew to become the second Indian after Anil Kumble (619) and the third off-spinner after Sri Lanka’s M. Muralitharan and Australian Nathan Lyon. Playing within the 98th Test match of his profession, Ashwin grew to become the second quickest to achieve this landmark in Tests. Muralitharan achieved this feat, the quickest, in simply 87 Tests on 16 March 2004. Ashwin, at 37 years and 152 days, can be the second oldest to take action after West Indian Courtney Walsh (38y-140d). Regarding strike charges amongst these bowlers whereas reaching their five hundredth Test wicket, Ashwin (51.49) is the second quickest after Australian Glenn McGrath (50.83).

Quickest to achieve the 500th Test wicket (in fewest Tests) – the entire record

Tests	Bowler	For	Achieved on	Wkts	Ave.	S/R	Age
87	M. Muralitharan	SL	16 Mar 2004	500	22.78	59.04	31y-334d
98	R. Ashwin	Ind	16 Feb 2024	500	23.95	51.49	37y-152d
105	Anil Kumble	Ind	11 Mar 2006	501	28.88	65.79	35y-145d
108	Shane Warne	Aus	12 Mar 2004	501	25.51	60.32	34y-181d
110	Glenn McGrath	Aus	21 Jul 2005	504	21.12	50.83	35y-162d
123	Nathan Lyon	Aus	17 Dec 2023	501	30.86	63.10	36y-27d
129	Courtney Walsh	WI	19 Mar 2001	504	24.56	57.56	38y-140d
129	James Anderson	Eng	8 Sep 2017	506	27.39	55.85	35y-40d
140	Stuart Broad	Eng	28 Jul 2020	501	27.95	56.77	34y-34d

Note: The above profession figures are up to date on the finish of the innings within the match the place milestone was achieved.

 

51.46 R. Ashwin’s profession bowling strike-rate on the finish of the Rajkot Test match is now the most effective by any bowler with 500 or extra wickets in a Test profession. Behind him is Australian Glenn McGrath, whose bowling strike-rate is the closest to Ashwin.

Best profession bowling profession strike charges among the many 9 bowlers with 500-plus Test wickets

S/R	Bowler	For	Tests	Wkts	Ave/	R/O
51.46	R. Ashwin	Ind	98	501	23.94	2.79
51.95	Glenn McGrath	Aus	124	563	21.64	2.50
55.05	M. Muralitharan	SL	133	800	22.73	2.48
55.79	Stuart Broad	Eng	167	604	27.68	2.98
56.98	James Anderson	Eng	185	696	26.51	2.79

3 The variety of gamers who’ve the excellence of doing the double of 3000 runs and 500 wickets throughout their Test profession. By claiming his five hundredth Test wicket in Rajkot, R. Ashwin grew to become the newest to realize this double, having already aggregated 3000-plus profession runs in Tests. Incidentally, Ashwin is now the quickest to do that within the fewest Test matches (98). England’s Stuart Broad (140 video games) and Shane Warne (142) took for much longer than Ashwin.

 

Players with 3000-plus runs and 500-plus wickets in Test cricket historical past

Player	For	Tests	Runs	Ave.	Wkts	Ave.	Achieved in
							Test#	Date
Shane Warne	Aus	145	3154	17.33	708	25.42	142	4 Dec 2006
Stuart Broad	Eng	167	3662	18.04	604	27.68	140	28 Jul 2020
R. Ashwin	Ind	98	3308	26.68	501	23.94	98	16 Mar 2024

 

7 The variety of Indian gamers who’ve the excellence of doing the double of 7000 runs and 500 wickets in first-class cricket. Ravindra Jadeja grew to become the newest to hitch this elite membership of gamers when he claimed his five hundredth wicket in Rajkot within the second innings on the fourth day on 18 February 2024. In the identical Rajkot match, he had accomplished 7000 profession runs throughout his knock of 112 on the opening day on 15 February.

7000-plus runs and 500-plus wickets

Batter	Mts	Runs	Ave.	Wkts	Ave.	From	To
Vijay Hazare	238	18740	58.38	595	24.61	1934/35	1966/67
Vinoo Mankad	233	11593	34.60	782	24.53	1935/36	1963/64
Bapu Nadkarni	191	8880	40.36	500	21.37	1951/52	1971/72
Madan Lal	232	10204	42.87	625	25.50	1968/69	1991
Kapil Dev	275	11353	33.00	835	27.09	1975/76	1993/94
Ravi Shastri	245	13202	44.00	509	32.89	1979/80	1993/94
Ravindra Jadeja	125	7101	45.81	506	23.86	2006/07	2023/24

 

10 The variety of gamers who’ve remodeled 1000 runs and claimed over 50 wickets towards England throughout their Test profession. On the opening day in Rajkot, Jadeja grew to become the newest to realize this all-round feat and the third Indian participant after Kapil Dev and R. Ashwin. However, Jadeja is the quickest to do that double, in simply 18 Tests. Previously, Australian Keith Miller and South African Trevor Goddard did it in 19 video games.

Quickest to achieve 1000 runs and 50 wickets in Tests towards England

					Test profession towards England
Tests	Player	For	Achieved on	Venue	Runs	Ave.	Wkts	Ave.
18	Ravindra Jadeja	Ind	15 Feb 2024	Rajkot	1000	35.71	63	33.57
19	Keith Miller	Aus	23 Jul 1953	Leeds	1140	42.22	54	21.30
19	Trevor Goddard	SA	22 Jan 1965	Jo’burg	1119	30.24	54	25.98
20	Gary Sobers	WI	5 Aug 1966	Leeds	2032	65.55	55	32.78
20	Kapil Dev	Ind	21 Jun 1986	Leeds	1008	38.77	69	35.78

 

36 The age of Rohit Sharma when he registered the eleventh century of his Test profession on the opening day of the Rajkot Test match on 15 February 2024. The century was his third as India’s captain in Test matches. He thus grew to become the oldest Indian captain to register a Test century. The earlier oldest was Vijay Hazare, who was 36 years and 279 days, whereas Rohit was 12 days older.

Oldest Indian captain to register a Test century

Age	Batter	Runs	Against	Venue	Date	Result
36y-291d	Rohit Sharma	131	England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024	W
36y-279d	Vijay Hazare	155	England	Mumbai BS	14 Dec 1951	D
35y-321d	M Azharuddin	103*	New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	L
34y-135d	Rahul Dravid	129	Bangladesh	Mirpur	25 May 2007	W
33y-182d	Sunil Gavaskar	127*	Pakistan	Faisalabad	3 Jan 1983	L

Note: Only the batter’s ultimate century has been listed above

 

7 The variety of batters who’ve transformed their first three centuries to a 150-plus rating. Yashasvi Jaiswal achieved this uncommon feat throughout his unbeaten 214 in Rajkot towards England, thus making him the primary Indian to take action.

Batters changing their first three Test centuries to a 150+ rating

Batter	For	1st Test century	2nd Test century	third Test century
Javed Miandad	Pak	163 v NZ (Lahore) 1976	206 v NZ (Karachi) 1976	154* v Ind (Faisalabad) 1978
Andrew Jones	NZ	150 v Aus (Adelaide) 1987	170* v Ind (Auckland) 1990	186 v SL (Wellington) 1991
Brian Lara	WI	277 v Aus (Sydney) 1993	167 v Eng (Georgetown) 1994	375 v Eng (St John’s) 1994
Mahela Jayawardene	SL	167 v NZ (Galle) 1998	242 v Ind (ColomboSSC) 1999	167 v SA (Galle) 2000
Matthew Sinclair	NZ	214 v WI (Wellington) 1999	150 v SAf (Pt Elizabeth) 2000	204* v Pak (Christchurch) 2001
Graeme Smith	SA	200 v Ban (E London) 2002	151 v Pak (Cape Town) 2003	277 v Eng (Birmingham) 2003
Yashasvi Jaiswal	Ind	171 v WI (Roseau) 2023	209 v Eng (Vizag) 2024	214* v Eng (Rajkot) 2024

Notes:

* Sinclair’s solely three 100+ scores of his Test profession

* Smith’s fourth 100+ rating was 259 v Eng at Lord’s 2003. He is the one one within the above record with a 150+ rating in his first 4 centuries.

 

250 The variety of left-handed victims claimed by R. Ashwin in Test cricket. He turns into the primary bowler in Test cricket historical past to realize this milestone. Way behind him is England’s Jimmy Anderson, who has 216 left-handed victims.

Bowlers claiming wickets of left-handed batters on most events throughout their Test profession

Bowler	For	LHB	RHB	Total wickets	%LHB	Matches
R. Ashwin	Ind	250	251	501	49.90	98
James Anderson	Eng	217	479	696	31.18	185
Stuart Broad	Eng	193	411	604	31.95	167
M. Muralitharan	SL	191	609	800	23.88	133
Nathan Lyon	Aus	184	333	517	35.59	127

 

 

All data are right and up to date till 18 February 2024.