India Vs Sri Lanka: Twitterati doff off their hat as R Ashwin creates world record

Nagpur, Nov 27: India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (4/63) completed a coveted personal milestone of fastest 300 Test wickets in 54 games beating Dennis Lillee's previous record of 56 matches.

Ashwin, who had a match-haul of 8 for 130, bowled Lahiru Gamage with a doosra to bring down curtains on one of the most lop-sided Test matches in recent times.

The celebrations were very muted with teammates shaking hands with Ashwin before quietly walking off the field.

The tall Tamil Nadu-spinner returned with a four-for and became the fifth Indian bowler to take 300 Test wickets.

Incidentally, Lillee set the record on the same day in 1981 against Pakistan at Brisbane. Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (417) and Zaheer Khan (311) were the ones who entered the elite club before Ashwin.

This is how Twitterati reacted to the milestone set by the off-spinner: