IND vs ENG: R Ashwin 3rd after Shane Warne, Stuart Broad to rare double after landmark 500 Test wickets
India TodayR Ashwin has joined the legendary Shane Warne and Stuart Broad in the list of cricketers with the double of 3000 plus runs and 500 or more wickets in Test cricket. Ashwin reached the landmark of 500 Test wickets in the third Test against England to join Broad and Warne in the elite club of all-rounders. Bowlers with 3000 runs and 500 plus wickets in Test cricket Shane Warne – 3154 runs and 708 wickets Stuart Broad – 3662 runs and 604 wickets R Ashwin – 3308 runs and 500 wickets R Ashwin sets new record for India Back in March 2006, Anil Kumble set the record for the fastest Indian to 500 wickets in Test cricket. Ashwin is the second fastest to 500 Test wickets after Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, who accomplished the feat in his 87th Test back in March 2004 against Australia in Kandy.