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Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest player in the world (in terms of number of test matches) to get 300 wickets in test cricket in November 2017. Whose record did Ashwin break?

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Dennis Lillee

  • Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest player to get 300 wickets in test cricket in November 2017. He broke the record ofDennis Lillee of Australia.
  • This record was earlier held by Dennis Lillee of Australia who reached this record in 56 tests.
  • Ravichandran Ashwin became the quickest bowler to reach 300 test wickets in just 54 tests.
  • He reached this milestone in the Second Test of India versus Sri Lanka in Nagpur on 27 th November 2017.
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