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.

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.

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