800 wickets… Will Ashwin be able to break Muralitharan’s record, he/she is facing tough competition from Lyon

New Delhi. Can Ravichandran Ashwin break Muttiah Muralitharan’s record of 800 wickets? Can he/she become the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket? After the Chennai Test, cricket fans have started searching for answers to this question again. R Ashwin took 6 wickets and scored a century in the Chennai Test against Bangladesh. he/she was selected as the Player of the Match.

Ravichandran Ashwin left Courtney Walsh behind by taking 6 wickets in the Chennai Test. Now West Indies pacer Courtney Walsh has 519 Test wickets and Ashwin has 522 wickets. Now there are only 7 bowlers in the world who have taken more Test wickets than Ashwin. Out of these, only Nathan Lyon (530) is an active cricketer. All the others have retired. Shane Warne is no longer in this world.

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If we talk about taking the most wickets, then this record is in the name of Muttiah Muralitharan, who retired from cricket in 2010. Sri Lanka’s Muralitharan has 800 wickets in 133 test matches. Australia’s Shane Warne (708) is second and James Anderson (704) is third. After this comes Anil Kumble, who has taken 619 wickets. Stuart Broad (604) is fifth and Glenn McGrath (563) is sixth. After all these come Nathan Lyon and R Ashwin.

Amazing clash between Ashwin and Lyon
There is also a great competition between Ravichandran Ashwin and Nathan Lyon. Both of them are the best off-spinners of the present time. Ashwin has taken 522 wickets in 101 matches. his/her strike rate is 50.51. On an average, he/she takes a wicket every 50th ball. 36-year-old Nathan Lyon has taken 530 wickets in 129 Tests. his/her strike rate is 61.81. On an average, he/she has to bowl 12 overs to take one wicket in Test cricket.

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If we talk about the possibility of Ashwin and Nathan Lyon reaching 800 wickets, then for this both these cricketers will have to play at least 40 or 50 test matches. The reason is that Ashwin takes an average of 5 wickets in a test match. Lyon’s average is even less than this.

Age may come in the way of Ashwin
Ashwin is 38 years old. his/her age may come in the way of his/her 800-wicket record more than his/her skill. Because if he/she has to play 40-50 more Tests, he/she will have to keep playing till the age of 44, which will not be easy. Especially when the number of Test matches is constantly decreasing. Ashwin has played only 101 matches in a career of 13 years. Looking at his/her current form, it can be expected that he/she will reach close to Kumble’s record or break it. Muralitharan’s record seems far away from him/her.

Lion has more time
Talking about 36-year-old Nathan Lyon, he/she seems to have a little more time. Another thing in his/her favour is that Australia plays more Test matches on an average than India. But Nathan Lyon’s strike rate and average are not such that he/she can reach 800 wickets. In such a situation, Muralitharan’s record seems safe.

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