The rise of Ravichandran Ashwin has been phenomenal. On Day 4 of the home test at Hyderabad against Bangladesh, he broke Dennis Lilee’s record and became the fastest player to get to 250 Test scalps.
Matches to 250 Test Wickets:@ashwinravi99 : 45
Dennis Lilee: 48@DaleSteyn62: 49
@AllanDonald33: 50 #IndvsBan #Cricket— Deep Mehta (@mehtadeep) February 12, 2017
The off-spinner continues to threaten batsmen with his variations even under Kohli’s captaincy in Test and ODIs now. He isn’t a polished T20 bowler yet but is a great asset for Team India as an all-rounder now! He bats in the lower order and scores handy runs.
Here is how he got to the milestone:
Test wicket no.250, @ashwinravi99 now the fastest to the landmark, gets it in 45 Tests #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/H49xmZAl4s
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 12, 2017
