Ravichandran Ashwin retires: Top 15 records of India’s premier match-winner | Cricket News

India’s premier off-spinner R Ashwin announced his international retirement after the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Australia on Wednesday, ending a successful 14-year career at the top of the mark across formats.

Here is a look at Ashwin’s prolific career in numbers: 
765 – Ashwin’s international wicket-tally is only bettered Anil Kumble (956) among Indian bowlers. Overall, Ashwin’s tally holds 11th on the all-time l across formats.
537  – Ashwin’s Test wicket-tally is the second-highest for India, behind Kumble’s 619.
1 – Ashwin was the first bowler to reach 100 wickets in the World Test Championship, reaching the mark in March 2022.
195 – Ashwin retires as the highest wicket-taker in the World Test Championship across three editions.
37  – Ashwin’s 37 Test five-fors are only bettered Muttiah Muralidaran (67) in Test cricket.
2 – Ashwin was the second-fastest bowler to reach 500 Test wickets, in 98 games in February 2024. He remains the quickest bowler to reach 250, 300 and 350 Test wickets.
11 – Ashwin has the most Player of the Series awards in Test cricket. His 12 Series awards overall is only bettered Virat Kohli (21) and Sachin Tendulkar (20) among Indian cricketers.
226 – Ashwin effected 226 dismissals in Test with bowled and lbw wickets – the most for any spinner.
302 – Ashwin is one of only three bowlers to record 300 bowled-lbw dismissals in international cricket, behind Muralidaran (336) and James Anderson (320).
4 – Ashwin has recorded a hundred and a five-wicket haul in a Test on four occasions, only bettered England’s Ian Botham (5).
156 – Ashwin finishes as India’s fourth highest wicket-taking spinner in ODs in 116 appearances.
383 – Ashwin is the highest-wicket taking bowler in India in Test cricket, with 383 scalps in 65 appearances.
475 – Ashwin’s wicket tally in India is only bettered Anil Kumble with 476 scalps across formats.
38 – Ashwin became the oldest Indian bowler to record a Test wicket haul, having recorded figures of 6/88 at his home ground in Chennai against Bangladesh in September 2024.
46.0 – Ashwin’s Test bowling strike rate in India is the best for any spinner at home, for a minimum of 200 wickets.

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