Indian bowling all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin is a few wickets away from getting to two major milestones in world cricket. He currently has 599 international wickets including 397 Test wickets.
He thus needs just one wicket to get to 600 international wickets for India, and become the fourth cricketer to do so after Anil Kumble (953), Harbhajan Singh (707) and Kapil Dev (687). Ashwin also has the second-most international hundreds among these with 5 under his belt, only behind Kapil's 9.
The Tamil Nadu cricketer picked 3 English wickets in the first innings of the ongoing day/night Test match in Ahmedabad and took his tally to 397 in the Test format. Ashwin is currently playing his 77th Test match and will become the second-fastest to get to the mark if he gets his 400th in the next two Tests.
Ravichandran Ashwin will once again be the next man after Kumble (619), Kapil (434) and Harbhajan (417) to get to 400 Test wickets for Team India. He has made a mark in the longest format of the game as a bowling all-rounder contributing with 5 Test hundreds in addition to his bowling exploits, thus claiming his stake as one of India's greatest all-rounders in Test cricket.
In the ongoing Test series against England, Ashwin is already the highest wicket-taker with 20 scalps at an average of 16.45 after 5 bowling innings. He also has registered a century in the previous Test match and is in fine form with the bat.
