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As you all know As an all-rounder in Test cricket, he bats down the order, has scored five Test centuries and is one of the only three players to have scored 3000 runs and taken 500 wickets in Tests. As of February 2024, Ashwin is the second highest-ranked bowler in the ICC men's player rankings and the highest rated Indian bowler ever in Tests.
Ashwin started as an opening batsman but dropped down the order due to limited success and turned into an off-break bowler. He made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in December 2006 and captained the team the following season
1) Fastest to reach 250, 300 and 350 wickets in test cricket (in terms of matches)
2) Fastest Indian to reach 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450 and 500 test wickets (in terms of matches)
3) Only Indian cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in the same Test match on three separate instances
4) First Indian to take 50 T20I wickets
5) Second most Man of the Series awards in tests (10)
6) Fifth most five wicket hauls in tests (34) and fastest to 25 five wicket hauls
7) Second highest wicket taker in tests for India (501)
8) Second Indian to score 500 runs and take 50 wickets in a calendar year (2016)
9) Highest wicket-taker in a single season (82)
10) Most dismissals of left-handers in tests
11) Second Indian bowler to take 300 Test wickets at home
12) Third Indian to take 700 international wickets
13) One of the three all rounders to achieve the double of 3000 runs and 500 wickets in tests
14) Second highest-ranked bowler in the ICC men's player rankings (February 2024) and the highest rated Indian bowler ever in Tests.
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