5 Fastest Bowlers to 200 Wickets in Tests

#3 Ravichandran Ashwin – 37 Matches (4 years 321 days)

India's finest spinner

Ravichandran Ashwin was born on September 17, 1986, in India. Widely regarded as an all-rounder, he bowls right-arm off breaks and has reached the pinnacle of success in a very short time.

Ashwin is unsurprisingly the fastest Indian bowler to reach the 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300-wicket mark in Test cricket. His achievements helped him become the ICC Cricketer of the year in 2016.

Ashwin is still the spin bowling wizard of the Indian team and has helped the team win matches single-handedly on many occasions. He has amassed 336 wickets in 64 Test matches, which allowed him to reach the 200-wicket mark in less than 5 years and in 37 matches.

With a lot of Test cricket left in him, the off-spinner is destined to break many more records in the years to come and can prove to be one of the highest wicket-takers in the game’s longest format.