IND vs ENG, 5th Test: Ravi Ashwin becomes 14th Indian to play 100 Tests for India

Ashwin, who made his Test debut against the West Indies in New Delhi in 2011, is also the first player from Tamil Nadu to breach the 100-Test milestone.

Published : Mar 07, 2024 09:05 IST , Chennai - 1 MIN READ

Indian cricket team player R Ashwin along with his family during his 100th Test Match on the first day of the match against England at HPCA Ground in Dharamshala.
Indian cricket team player R Ashwin along with his family during his 100th Test Match on the first day of the match against England at HPCA Ground in Dharamshala. | Photo Credit: R V Moorthy / The Hindu
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Indian cricket team player R Ashwin along with his family during his 100th Test Match on the first day of the match against England at HPCA Ground in Dharamshala. | Photo Credit: R V Moorthy / The Hindu

R. Ashwin became just the 14th player to reach the milestone of 100 Tests for India during the fifth Test against England at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association stadium in Dharamsala on Thursday.

Ashwin, who made his Test debut against the West Indies in New Delhi in 2011, is also the first player from Tamil Nadu to breach the 100-Test milestone. He is also the oldest Indian to reach the landmark at 37 years old.

The off-spinner became the second Indian, after Anil Kumble, to tally 500 Test wickets, after picking up the wicket of Zak Crawley during the third Test at Rajkot.

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His 507 Test wickets have come at an average of 23.91 and a strike-rate of 51.3. The all-rounder has also scored 3309 runs in the format, including five Test centuries, with a batting average of 26.47.

Time taken between 1st and 100th Test
Sunil Gavaskar - 13 years, 7 months, 11 days
Dilip Vengsarkar - 12 years 10 months
Kapil Dev - 11 years 30 days
Sachin Tendulkar - 12 years 9 months 21 days
Anil Kumble - 15 years 4 months 9 days
Rahul Dravid - 9 years 8 months 26 days
Sourav Ganguly - 11 years 6 months 6 days
VVS Laxman - 11 years 11 months 17 days
Virender Sehwag - 11 years 20 days
Harbhajan Singh - 14 years 10 months 28 days
Ishant Sharma - 13 years 8 months 30 days
Virat Kohli - 10 years 8 months 12 days
Cheteshwar Pujara - 12 years 4 months 8 days
R. Ashwin - 12 years 4 months 1 day
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