IND vs SL Test: Record Alert! R Ashwin – Kapil Dev: India spin maestro R Ashwin is all set to overtake Kapil Dev for a massive milestone in Indian cricket. He can go past India’s greatest allrounder to become the second-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket for India. R Ashwin has taken 430 wickets in 84 Tests and is only behind Kapil Dev (434) and Anil Kumble (619). Follow India vs Sri Lanka LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
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R Ashwin can also overtake the likes of Sir Richard Hadlee (431), Rangana Herath (433), Dale Steyn (439) besides Kapil Dev.
| Most wickets | |||||||||||||
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 |
| N Kapil Dev (INDIA) | 1978-1994 | 131 | 227 | 27740 | 12867 | 434 | 9/83 | 11/146 | 29.64 | 2.78 | 63.9 | 23 | 2 |
| HMRKB Herath (SL) | 1999-2018 | 93 | 170 | 25993 | 12157 | 433 | 9/127 | 14/184 | 28.07 | 2.80 | 60.0 | 34 | 9 |
| Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 1973-1990 | 86 | 150 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 9/52 | 15/123 | 22.29 | 2.63 | 50.8 | 36 | 9 |
| R Ashwin (INDIA) | 2011-2022 | 84 | 158 | 22673 | 10485 | 430 | 7/59 | 13/140 | 24.38 | 2.77 | 52.7 | 30 | 7 |
R Ashwin can also overtake Harbhajan Singh (50) for most wickets against Sri Lanka in Tests. He loves to play against Sri Lanka, the stat shows Ashwin has taken 50 wickets in just 9 games featuring 3 fifers and one 10-wicket match.
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 1993-2010 | 22 | 32 | 1170.0 | 222 | 3425 | 105 | 8/87 | 11/110 | 32.61 | 2.92 | 66.8 | 7 | 2 |
| A Kumble (INDIA) | 1993-2008 | 18 | 28 | 862.1 | 193 | 2309 | 74 | 7/59 | 11/128 | 31.20 | 2.67 | 69.9 | 4 | 2 |
| Harbhajan Singh (INDIA) | 1999-2015 | 16 | 26 | 664.2 | 96 | 2108 | 53 | 7/62 | 10/141 | 39.77 | 3.17 | 75.2 | 2 | 2 |
| R Ashwin (INDIA) | 2015-2017 | 9 | 17 | 384.2 | 71 | 1179 | 50 | 6/46 | 10/160 | 23.58 | 3.06 | 46.1 | 3 | 1 |
R Ashwin needs 166 runs to complete 3000 runs in Test cricket. He has already overtaken Farokh Engineer, Syed Kirmani and MAK Pataudi.
| Most runs | ||||||||||
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| R Ashwin | 2011-2022 | 84 | 120 | 14 | 2844 | 124 | 26.83 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| MAK Pataudi | 1961-1975 | 46 | 83 | 3 | 2793 | 203* | 34.91 | 6 | 16 | 7 |
| SMH Kirmani | 1976-1986 | 88 | 124 | 22 | 2759 | 102 | 27.04 | 2 | 12 | 7 |
| FM Engineer | 1961-1975 | 46 | 87 | 3 | 2611 | 121 | 31.08 | 2 | 16 | 7 |
IND vs SL Test: Record Alert! R Ashwin all set to overtake legendary Kapil Dev for a massive milestone in Test cricket
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