R Ashwin Becomes First Bowler To Complete 100 Wickets In ICC World Test Championship

R Ashwin now has the highest wickets (100) in the WTC. He has become the first bowler in the world to complete 100 wickets in the history of ICC World Test Championship.

R Ashwin, Pic Courtesy: @BCCI / Twitter

New Delhi: Indian star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin continues to stun everyone with his remarkable bowling in Test cricket. The senior spinner picked 12 wickets in the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. He now has 442 wickets in Test cricket and has reached number eight in the list of bowlers with the most Test wickets.

The Indian star off-spinner attained a big feat during Ind vs SL 2nd Test that is part of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC). Ashwin now has the highest wickets (100) in the WTC. He has become the first bowler in the world to complete 100 wickets in the history of ICC World Test Championship.

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After Ashwin, Australia's Test captain Pat Cummins has the second-highest number of wickets in the ICC World Test Championship. Cummins so far has taken 93 wickets in WTC.

England fast bowler Stuart Broad is third in this list with 83 wickets, New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee is at number four with 80 wickets, Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is fifth with 74 wickets and Australia spinner Nathan Lyon is at number six with the same number of wickets.

Highest wicket-takers in World Test Championship 

100- R Ashwin
93- Pat Cummins
83- Stuart Broad
80- Tim Southee
74- Jasprit Bumrah
74- Nathan Lyon

This is the 12th time Ashwin has taken 12 wickets in a Test series for India. He has so far played 18 Test series for the national team on home soil.