Star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin added another feather to his cap on Sunday by becoming the fastest bowler to take 250 wickets in Test cricket. Ashwin was two wickets short of the mark before the start of the ongoing one-off Test against Bangladesh in Hyderabad. Ashwin had earlier surpassed Pakistan great Waqar Younis and Lillee to become the second fastest bowler to claim 200 Test wickets during the first Test against New Zealand in September last year. Ashwin achieved the milestone in his 37th Test match, bettering Waqar and Lillee, who both took 38 Tests. Test wicket no.250, @ashwinravi99 now the fastest to the landmark, gets it in 45 Tests #INDvBANpic.twitter.com/H49xmZAl4s — BCCI (@BCCI) February 12, 2017FASTEST TO REACH PROGRESSIVE MILESTONE FOR INDIAMILESTONE BOWLER TESTS 50 WICKETS R Ashwin 9 100 WICKETS R Ashwin 18 150 WICKETS R Ashwin 29 200 WICKETS R Ashwin 37 250 WICKETS R Ashwin 45Bangladesh were bowled out for 388 shortly before lunch on day four, to trail India by 299 after the first innings.

Source: India Today February 12, 2017 05:58 UTC