765 wickets, 6 centuries… R Ashwin's cricket career was very brilliant, the spin magician announced his retirement.
R Ashwin international records: Indian cricket team's star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has suddenly announced his retirement from cricket. Ashwin took this shocking decision after the third match of the ongoing Test series between India and Australia. He declared the Pink Ball Test played in Adelaide as his last international match.
Ashwin's illustrious 15-year international career started in 2010. During this time, he troubled the batsmen with his spin and made many records in his name. Let us know some important figures and achievements of his career.
Ashwin's unmatched career
Ashwin played a total of 106 Tests, 116 ODIs and 65 T20 matches in his career.
In 200 innings of 106 Tests, Ashwin took 537 wickets at an average of 24.01.
Took 156 wickets in 116 ODIs and 72 wickets in 65 T20s.
Ashwin's incredible records
Ashwin took a total of 765 wickets across all formats, which is second best for India after Anil Kumble and 11th best in the world.
Ashwin made this record in his name by taking 383 Test wickets in India.
Ashwin took 195 wickets in 41 matches in the World Test Championship (WTC), which is the highest in the history of this tournament.
Ashwin achieved the feat of taking five wickets 37 times in Test matches, which is the second highest after Shane Warne.
Ashwin equaled Muralitharan's record by winning the Player of the Series (POTS) title 11 times.
Ashwin is the only player to take more than 500 wickets and score 5 centuries in Test cricket.
Ashwin has done the unique feat of taking five wickets and scoring a century four times in the same match.
In Test history, Ashwin dismissed 268 left-handed batsmen, which is a world record.
Ashwin set a new record by performing 9/128 in his 100th Test.
Ashwin's strike rate of 50.7 at home is the best among all bowlers.
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