In the past many years, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble have broken many records with their spin balling in Test cricket, but none of these couldn’t break the record of Australian Legend bowler Dennis Lillee’s record of the fastest 300 Test wickets. But finally the Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has broken the record and became the fastest bowler to reach the milestone of 300 Test wickets in his 54th match, breaking the 36 year old record during India’s win over Sri Lanka in the second Test.
Australian fast bowling legend Lillee had reached the milestone in 56 Test matches way back in 1981 and it took 36 years for another bowler to darken the record. Ashwin is also ahead of some of the well-known names, who had completed the milestone in quick time. Players took minimum 70 matches to reach 300 Test wickets
| Player | Opp. | Venue | Match Date | Debut | Mat |
| R Ashwin (IND) | SL | Nagpur | 24-Nov-17 | 6-Nov-11 | 54 |
| D Lillee (AUS) | PAK | Brisbane | 27-Nov-81 | 29-Jan-71 | 56 |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | SA | Durban | 26-Dec-00 | 28-Aug-92 | 58 |
| R Hadlee (NZ) | AUS | Wellington | 21-Feb-86 | 2-Feb-73 | 61 |
| M Marshall (WI) | AUS | Melbourne | 24-Dec-88 | 15-Dec-78 | 61 |
| D Steyn (SA) | NZ | Cape Town | 2-Jan-13 | 17-Dec-04 | 61 |
| S Warne (AUS) | SA | Sydney | 2-Jan-98 | 2-Jan-92 | 63 |
| A Donald (SA) | NZ | Bloemfontein | 17-Nov-00 | 18-Apr-92 | 63 |
| G McGrath (AUS) | WI | Perth | 1-Dec-00 | 12-Nov-93 | 64 |
| F Trueman (ENG) | AUS | The Oval | 13-Aug-64 | 5-Jun-52 | 65 |
| Waqar Younis (PAK) | SL | Colombo (SSC) | 14-Jun-00 | 15-Nov-89 | 65 |
| A Kumble (INDIA) | ENG | Bengaluru | 19-Dec-01 | 9-Aug-90 | 66 |
| Imran Khan (PAK) | ENG | Leeds | 2-Jul-87 | 3-Jun-71 | 68 |
| M Johnson (AUS) | ENG | Birmingham | 29-Jul-15 | 8-Nov-07 | 69 |
| R Herath (SL) | ENG | Chester-le-Street | 27-May-16 | 22-Sep-99 | 69 |
| Wasim Akram (PAK) | ENG | The Oval | 22-Aug-96 | 25-Jan-85 | 70 |
Ashwin’s Road to 300 Test Wickets
| Wicket No. | Mat | Venue | Opp. | Match Date | Time |
| 50 | 9 | Ahmedabad | ENG | 15-Nov-12 | 1y 9d |
| 100 | 18 | Mumbai | WI | 14-Nov-13 | 2y 8d |
| 150 | 29 | Mohali | SA | 5-Nov-15 | 3y 364d |
| 200 | 37 | Kanpur | NZ | 22-Sep-16 | 4y 321d |
| 250 | 45 | Hyderabad | BAN | 9-Feb-17 | 5y 95d |
| 300 | 54 | Nagpur | SL | 24-Nov-17 | 6y 18d |
#Ash300
VIDEO: About scaling Mount 300 wickets, the journey thus far and the way forward. Up, close and personal with man of the moment @ashwinravi99 – by @RajalArora https://t.co/UoBdI6kRPc #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/ypzsa2bT5e— BCCI (@BCCI) November 28, 2017
India's @ashwinravi99 reached 300 Test wickets yesterday – since he made his debut, no player has taken more! #howzstat pic.twitter.com/BFRWDzWZfA
— ICC (@ICC) November 28, 2017
Ahwin’s Overall Batting and Bowling Stats in Test Cricket
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | |
| Test | 54 | 75 | 10 | 2051 | 124 | 31.6 | 54.8 | 4 | 11 |
| M | Inn | B | Wkts | Econ | Avg | 5W | 10W | |
| Test | 54 | 101 | 15636 | 300 | 2.9 | 25.1 | 26 | 7 |
Although Ashwin is not part of limited over cricket in current scenario but he is an asset to team India especially in Test cricket with hi all rounder abilities he can change the game any time with his bat or ball. Recently he has proved in county cricket also playing for his team Worcestershire. He has good season on the pitches that support fast bowlers; he ended up picking 20 wickets and 214 runs in 4 last matches in county cricket which defienitly help him and team India tour to South Africa tour.
