Ravichandran Ashwin's Epic 500 Test Wickets Milestone Celebrated With Hilarious Memes

Ravichandran Ashwin, the modern day great for India, brought up his 500 Test wickets during the third Test against England being played at Rajkot’s Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium. Ashwin broke the worrisome-looking opening partnership as he scalped Zak Crawley (15) with England’s scorecard reading 89-1 in under 14 overs on Day 2. The off-spinner became the second Indian to hit the milestone of 500 Test wickets and only ninth among international cricketers to the join the elite club.

Wishes from cricket fraternity quickly poured in on social media with legend Sachin Tendulkar leading the pack.

“500 Test wickets for a one-in-a-million bowler! In AshWIN the SpinNER, there was always a WINNER. 500 wickets is a huge milestone in Test cricket. Congratulations, Champion!”

With the congratulatory messages came the memes that celebrated Ashwin’s huge achievement with fitting humour.

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Here’s the special moment Ashwin will remember for a long, long time.

Having played 98 Tests, the 37-year-old managed to become the second-fastest to 500 wickets surpassing India’s legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble who took 105 matches to reach the milestone and was also present at the venue. Only he and Sri Lankan legend, Muttiah Muralitharan (in 87 Tests) have managed to get to 500 Test wickets in under 100 matches. He also becomes the second-fastest in terms of balls bowled (25714 balls) to reach the milestone going past James Anderson (28150).

Meanwhile, India made an exceptional recovery in their first innings from 33-3 to 445-10 with Rohit Sharma (131) and Ravindra Jadeja (112) slamming a century each. Both Test debutants Sarfaraz Khan (62) and Dhruv Jurel (46) impressed one and all with the bat as India now look to counter Bazball mode of England in display in Rajkot.