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Indian veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin etched his name in history books as he became the second Indian bowler to claim 500 test wickets. Notably, only Anil Kumble has been the only Indian bowler to achieve this feat in the longest format of the game.

Ashwin, who achieved this feat in just 98 test wickets, is the second fastest bowler after Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan to reach the mark. Overall, Ashwin is the ninth bowler to reach the 500th wicket mark in tests.

Fewest balls to 500 Test wickets

25528 G McGrath
25714 R Ashwin *
28150 J Anderson
28430 S Broad
28833 C Walsh

Fewest Tests to 500 Test wickets

87 M Muralitharan
98 R Ashwin
105 A Kumble
108 S Warne
110 G McGrath

In a short burst of quick bowling, India pacers came hard at England openers but the visitors remained reached 31 for no loss at tea on day three of the third Test here on Friday.

With the bat, Indian pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj spent close to half an hour putting on vital 30 runs for the last wicket in India's 445, before coming out to bowl.

Despite being hit for a few boundaries by the free-flowing England batters, both Bumrah and Siraj beat the edges of Ben Duckett (19 not out) and Zak Crawley (6 not out) to maintain pressure.

England began their first innings at 5/0 following a five-run on-field penalty imposed on India for running on the middle of the pitch while batting.

India's innings folded at 445 after their tail wagged well.