Ashwin goes past Allan Donald on most Test wickets tally

NEW DELHI: India's premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Saturday surpassed former South African rapid bowler Allan Donald on the listing of maximum Test wickets. Ashwin had 327 wickets to his title earlier than the first Test in opposition to the West Indies in Rajkot and the off-spinner went past Donald in taste.

Ashwin claimed 4 wickets in West Indies' first innings after which took another in the second to go past Donald on the tally of best Test wicket-takers.

Ashwin dismissed Shai Hope (10), Roston Chase (53), Sherman Lewis ((0) and Shannon Gabriel (1) in the first innings after which got rid of West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite (10) in the second innings to achieve the feat.

Ashwin is now 24th on the total tally of maximum Test wickets.

He is also the fourth best Indian Test wicket-taker, in the back of Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (434) and Harbhajan Singh (417).

Most Test wickets by way of Indian bowlers:

Anil Kumble	619 wickets
Kapil Dev	434 wickets
Harbhajan Singh	417 wickets
R Ashwin	332* wickets

Ashwin is also the seventh spinner on the listing of all-time best wicket-takers.

Most Test wickets by way of spinners:

Muttiah Muralitharan	800 wickets
Shane Warne	708 wickets
Anil Kumble	619 wickets
Rangana Herath	430 wickets
Harbhajan Singh	417 wickets
Daniel Vettori	362 wickets
R Ashwin	332* wickets

Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralithran is on most sensible of the tally with 800 Test wickets underneath his belt.