R Ashwin joins the select band of spin bowlers who have captured 250 plus test wickets

R Ashwin’s wicket aggregate in tests read 254 at the end of the just concluded test between India and Bangladesh at Hyd-RGS. He became the twelfth spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 250 plus test wickets. The performance of these twelve bowlers is furnished below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800	67	22
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708	37	10
3	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619	35	08
4	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417	25	05
5	DL Vettori	NZl	113	187	28814	12441	362	20	03
6	HMRKB Herath	Srl	078	142	21858	10108	357	28	07
7	LR Gibbs	Win	079	148	27115	08989	309	18	02
8	DL Underwood	Eng	086	151	21862	07674	297	17	06
9	BS Bedi	Ind	067	118	21364	07637	266	14	01
10	Danish Kaneria	Pak	061	112	17697	09082	261	15	02
11	GP Swann	Eng	060	109	15349	07642	255	17	03
12	R Ashwin	Ind	045	084	13088	06362	254	24	07

He became the fourth Indian spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 250 plus test wickets. Others are A Kumble {619}, Harbhajan Singh {417} and BS Bedi {266}. The performance of these four bowlers is furnished below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619	35	08
2	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417	25	05
3	BS Bedi	Ind	067	118	21364	07637	266	14	01
4	R Ashwin	Ind	045	084	13088	06362	254	24	07