Ravi Ashwin breaks Dale Steyn’s record of most wickets in a Test season

[Sanzcool]

R Ashwin might have lost his place as the number one Test bowler to fellow teammate Ravindra Jadeja but that did not stop him from setting yet another record of most wickets (79) in a Test season. Ashwin eclipsed Dale Steyn’s tally of 78 which was set in 2007/08.

Other bowlers who feature in the elite list are Ravindra Jadeja with 67* wickets in ongoing season, Glenn McGrath with 66 wickets in the 1998/99 season and Anil Kumble with 64 wickets in the 2004/05 season.

R Ashwin has been in phenomenal form this season. He became the fastest to reach 250 wickets going past Dennis Lillee and Dale Steyn, who had reached this milestone in their 48th and 49th Test match, respectively.

Currently, Ashwin is the fifth highest wicket taker for India in Tests. The 30-year-old spinner from Tamil Nadu, also completed 200 wickets in home Tests in his 30th Test and is among the quickest to do so.

Recently he also bagged his 25th five-wicket haul and he did that in 88 innings. He is also the fastest to 25 five-wicket hauls in Tests. The previous record of fastest to 25 five-wickets hauls (Tests) was held by New Zealand’s Richard Hadlee. He did it in 62 matches.

As of now Ashwin’s current Test bowling strike-rate of 52 is the best by a Test spinner (min 50 wkts) in the last 100 years.

http://indianexpress.com/article/sp...ord-of-most-wickets-in-a-test-season-4585033/

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Steyn took his wickets at 16.24 compared to Ashwin's 25.87. Ashwin is nowhere as effective as a strike bowler.

 

[Aman]

Steyn took his wickets at 16.24 compared to Ashwin's 25.87. Ashwin is nowhere as effective as a strike bowler.

Ashwin no doubt played more Tests and bowled more overs too.

Meaningless record

 

[Rayyman]

Useless stat

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Ashwin no doubt played more Tests and bowled more overs too.

Meaningless record

Meaningless indeed. If Jadeja bowled as many overs as Ashwin he would get more wickets at lower average.

 

[Sachin136]

People here are acting as if they are clueless. Obviously a fast bowler will have a lower average/strike rate. That doesn't make Ashwin's achievements any less.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Good achievement.

 

[Ph_11]

Meaningless. This is a team sport.

 

[Square Drive]

Well done for capitalizing at home. I'm sure no one else can do that.

 

[roshanrocks]

Well done Ashwin. Its nice to have your name on a few records.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Amazing bowler. Congratulations.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

He has terribly under-performed in the second half of the season.

First 7 games, he had like 54 wickets at 20 average (which included a variety of pitches albeit in Asia).

Then had a steep fall in performance in the next 5 tests compared to what he usually does.

Not bad considering the situation. Shouldn't have played the Aus series in hindsight. Or even the Bangladesh test.

This season must have been eye opening for him for various reasons.

 

[Bilal7]

Only because he played so many games. Let's not even get into the fact that he played them all at home or the pitches that he bowled on. Steyn is an ATG, Ashwin is a decent bowler at best.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Best spinner of our generation breaking the best pacer's record. Well done Ashwin.

 

[Protea Fan]

Steyn proved his worth in asian conditions and won matches in his own way and his counterpart is extremely opposite in nature and pretty sterotype

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Hilarious to see posters having to INSIST these 2 bowlers aren't comparable.

As if anyone actually compared them or would dare to compare them.

 

[Bilal7]

Hilarious to see posters having to INSIST these 2 bowlers aren't comparable.

As if anyone actually compared them or would dare to compare them.

Hilarious that you can't read a post one above yours. Of course, nothing is more hilarious than [MENTION=139678]Zak_Fan[/MENTION]'s post. Ashwin isn't the best Indian spinner of our generation.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Hilarious that you can't read a post one above yours. Of course, nothing is more hilarious than [MENTION=139678]Zak_Fan[/MENTION]'s post. Ashwin isn't the best Indian spinner of our generation.

lol. I read that post above mine.

Hilarious that you didn't read all the posts in this thread or chose to ignore them.

 

[Tusker]

Only because he played so many games. Let's not even get into the fact that he played them all at home or the pitches that he bowled on. Steyn is an ATG, Ashwin is a decent bowler at best.

Only one Test match more than Steyn ... but no minnows. See links below

While its pointless to compare a Fast bowler to a Spinner but you must be having some seriously green shades to not recognize how hard it is take so many wickets at a fast nowleresque avg/SR of 25/55 while crrying an injury. Also he scored 464 runs in those tests.


http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...08;template=results;type=allround;view=series


http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...17;template=results;type=allround;view=series


http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...ets;template=results;type=bowling;view=season

 

[Ab Fan]

Great numbers. Congratulations to him!!!

 

[Slog]

Only one Test match more than Steyn ... but no minnows. See links below

While its pointless to compare a Fast bowler to a Spinner but you must be having some seriously green shades to not recognize how hard it is take so many wickets at a fast nowleresque avg/SR of 25/55 while crrying an injury. Also he scored 464 runs in those tests.


http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...08;template=results;type=allround;view=series


http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...17;template=results;type=allround;view=series


http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...ets;template=results;type=bowling;view=season

This carrying an injury BS is irrelevant

if he is carrying an injury dont play him...

 

[Bilal7]

Only one Test match more than Steyn ... but no minnows. See links below

While its pointless to compare a Fast bowler to a Spinner but you must be having some seriously green shades to not recognize how hard it is take so many wickets at a fast nowleresque avg/SR of 25/55 while crrying an injury. Also he scored 464 runs in those tests.


http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...08;template=results;type=allround;view=series


http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...17;template=results;type=allround;view=series


http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...ets;template=results;type=bowling;view=season

No minnows? Didn't Ashwin play the test against Bangladesh? It would be a great achievement if all those wickets didn't come on pitches that were tailor-made for him.

lol. I read that post above mine.

Hilarious that you didn't read all the posts in this thread or chose to ignore them.

Why do you always argue for the sake of it? Even if one silly person compares the two, your first comment was false because you stated that no one compared them. I know most people would never make that idiotic comparison.

 

[Sachin136]

No minnows? Didn't Ashwin play the test against Bangladesh? It would be a great achievement if all those wickets didn't come on pitches that were tailor-made for him.



Why do you always argue for the sake of it? Even if one silly person compares the two, your first comment was false because you stated that no one compared them. I know most people would never make that idiotic comparison.

One match against Bangladesh is the same as 2 matches against Bangladesh and 3 against WI?

Why do you always argue about matches you have no idea about? 90% of the pitches this season weren't helpful for spinners. Not a single pitch in the series against New Zealand or England was tailor-made for him.

 

[cricketjoshila]

This carrying an injury BS is irrelevant

if he is carrying an injury dont play him...

Thats for the team management to decide.Its well known that many players have played through injuries for the sake of their team.Such is their value that even a partially fit player of that calibre is considered to be more valuable than a fully fit player of same discipline.

 

[Tusker]

No minnows? Didn't Ashwin play the test against Bangladesh? It would be a great achievement if all those wickets didn't come on pitches that were tailor-made for him.



Why do you always argue for the sake of it? Even if one silly person compares the two, your first comment was false because you stated that no one compared them. I know most people would never make that idiotic comparison.

One match against Bangladesh is the same as 2 matches against Bangladesh and 3 against WI?

Why do you always argue about matches you have no idea about? 90% of the pitches this season weren't helpful for spinners. Not a single pitch in the series against New Zealand or England was tailor-made for him.

The Bangladesh Side that Steyn played against in 2007/8 is vastly inferior to the one that Ashwin played against last month. Day and Night difference. Also you have missed mentioning WI.

And if the pitches are so dodgy how do you explain the nearly 500 runs scored by Ashwin ? Let me guess Eng and NZ are all minnows lol.

 

[Space Cat]

Well done. Only took him 2086 more balls to pass him.

 

[Sachin136]

Well done. Only took him 2086 more balls to pass him.

Yes, which is to be expected considering he is a spinner.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Ashwin is not even the best Madrasi spinner, that was Venkataraghavan. But a nice utility cricketer to have.

 

[volcyz]

Ashwin has been absolutely toothless this series barring a few bursts here and there.

Has not been able to perform to the level expected of a premier strike weapon.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Why do you always argue for the sake of it? Even if one silly person compares the two, your first comment was false because you stated that no one compared them. I know most people would never make that idiotic comparison.

Oh dude......

This is such a basic logic. Why u no think it bro?

Zak Fan said Ashwin beat the record of Dale Steyn.

Which IS true.

That doesn't mean Ashwin is better than Steyn.

If Amla beats any SRT ODI record, people will say Amla beat the record of SRT cos that is a fact regardless where Amla stands compared to SRT.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Erappalli Prasanna, Chandrasekhar and Bedi were wicket takers.

Venkatraghavan was mostly a stock bowler and a very tight one at that.

156 wickets in 57 games which is less than 3 wickets per game.

He is nowhere close to a real strike bowler.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Great achievement. He has a chance to surpass 80s mark as well in second inning.

Ashwin has been a trump card for India at home. So many tests he's won single handededly and it's just evident how India is struggling to beat Australia when Ashwin is struggling with sports hernia.


The hate messages here are absurd. Spinners always have to bowl a lot of overs when things aren't going well unlike quickies who get privileged short outbursts with the new, reversing balls. Reading some of these comments here often makes me wonder if some of these so called seasoned posters even understand the basics of cricket.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Great achievement by Ashwin

Yousuf scored more runs than Tendulkar in a calendar year, that does not make him a better test batsman.

Similarly, there is no comparison between Steyn and Ashwin. Steyn is an undisputed ATG in tests.

 

[Ph_11]

I hope he proves match fitness before they put him on the field. Probably the worst fit player I have seen. Good bowler though.

 

[EliteCynical]

Meaningless indeed. If Jadeja bowled as many overs as Ashwin he would get more wickets at lower average.

Ashwin has bowled 21 more overs than Jadeja and taken 11 more wickets. Don't think Jaddu is ahead

Player Mat Inns Overs MdnsRuns Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
R Ashwin 13 26 738.2 141 2073 82 7/59 13/140 25.28 2.80 54.0 7 3
RA Jadeja 13 26 717.2 183 1621 71 7/48 10/154 22.83 2.25 60.6 4 1