Ashwin: quickest bowler to 300 wickets in Test history
He took the fewest matches and deliveries to reach the landmark besting Australian greats Dennis Lillee and Shane Warne
Bowler | Team | Inns bowled | Balls* |
R Ashwin | IND | 101 | 15636 |
Shane Warne | AUS | 116 | 18501 |
Muttiah Muralitharan | SL | 91 | 18622 |
Rangana Herath | SL | 124 | 19367 |
Harbhajan Singh | IND | 132 | 19876 |
Anil Kumble | IND | 116 | 20664 |
Daniel Vettori | NZ | 152 | 22981 |
Lance Gibbs | WI | 140 | 25830 |
Bowler | Team | Ave | SR |
Waqar Younis | PAK | 22.44 | 42.04 |
R Ashwin | IND | 25.06 | 52.07 |
Imran Khan | PAK | 21.90 | 52.27 |
Wasim Akram | PAK | 22.91 | 53.44 |
Kapil Dev | IND | 29.05 | 58.58 |
Zaheer Khan | IND | 32.56 | 59.91 |
Muttiah Muralitharan | SL | 25.17 | 61.66 |
Rangana Herath | SL | 30.10 | 64.75 |
Chaminda Vaas | SL | 28.81 | 65.07 |
Harbhajan Singh | IND | 30.77 | 65.31 |
Anil Kumble | IND | 28.04 | 68.88 |
Bowler | Milestone achieved* | Debut | Time |
Shane Warne | 02-Jan-98 | 02-Jan-92 | 6 yrs, 0 days |
R Ashwin | 24-Nov-17 | 06-Nov-11 | 6 yrs, 18 days |
Ian Botham | 09-Aus-84 | 28-Jul-77 | 7 yrs, 12 days |
Glenn McGrath | 01-Dec-00 | 12-Nov-93 | 7 yrs, 12 days |
Stuart Broad | 06-Aug-15 | 09-Dec-07 | 7 yrs, 240 days |
Shiva Jayaraman is a senior stats analyst at ESPNcricinfo @shiva_cricinfo