Ashwin achieved the feat in 98 Test matches, making him the second-quickest in Test history to the milestone after Muttiah Muralitharan. Each of the other seven bowlers took more than 100 Test matches to get to the milestone.
On the eve of the Test, teammate Ravindra Jadeja had cheekily commented that it was Ashwin’s “destiny” to complete the milestone at Jadeja’s home ground in Rajkot.
“I am very happy for him, I have been playing with him for years,” Jadeja had said. “I thought he would get it in the first test match, but it’s okay, it is destiny that he will get it here in my hometown.”
Ashwin has 34 five-wicket hauls and eight 10-wicket match hauls in his Test career.
James Anderson, Lyon and Ashwin are the only active bowlers to have more than 400 wickets in Test cricket.