Ashwin became the second fastest bowler to pick up 400 test wickets with having legendary Sri lankan spinner Muttaiah Muralitharan ahead of him. The Chennai based cricketer took 77 test matches to achieve the feat whereas the Tamil speaking Sri lankan cricketer picked up his 400th wicket in his 72nd match. Entire Internet, along with experts and celebrities from several other industries lauded the cricketer for this achievement after he made England’s Jofra Archer out.

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After Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan singh, Ravichandran Ashwin reached the milestone. Former Indian test captain Anil Kumble remains the highest wicket taker for team India as he finished his career by picking up 619 wickets. However, Ashwin holds the record for being the fastest to pick up 300 wickets in Test cricket. Ravi Ashwin picked three wickets in the first innings and four in the second to help team India to win the test match within two days.

Sachin Tendulkar,

Terrific consistency!

Well done, keep it up @ashwinravi99.

Joy to watch you bowl. #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/CEBkoUQVlR

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 25, 2021

Well done @ashwinravi99 on reaching 400 wickets .Phenomenal! Congratulations on a fantastic achievement. Great going, keep it up! 👍🏽

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) February 25, 2021

Congratulations @ashwinravi99 on becoming the second fastest bowler in the world to 400 Test wickets. Phenomenal achievement. pic.twitter.com/225MnvUGDt

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 25, 2021

400 test wickets in just 77 tests!🤯 Congratulations @ashwinravi99 Super stuff 🙌 #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/1BlNL8j4Lv

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 25, 2021

Great cricketer @ashwinravi99 !! #400

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 25, 2021

A big congratulations to the spin maestro @ashwinravi99 on achieving a stellar milestone of 400 Test wickets. Way to go. #INDvENG #Pinkballtest

— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) February 25, 2021

Big congratulations Ash on your 400 test wickets. Next destination 500 @ashwinravi99

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) February 25, 2021

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Big congratulations Ash on your 400 test wickets. Next destination 500 @ashwinravi99

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) February 25, 2021

A major milestone for India’s spin king R Ashwin 🙌#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/QbXdiD8fYO

— ICC (@ICC) February 25, 2021

Great bowler. Period. 400 test wickets. @ashwinravi99

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 25, 2021

Meanwhile, a tweet uploaded by former all rounder Yuvraj singh irked the fans of India cricket team. The 2011 world cup winning player said that Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh would have got 1000 and 800 wickets in a wicket like Ahmadabad and wished Axar and Ashwin for their performances.

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“finished in 2 days Not sure if that’s good for test cricket !If @anilkumble1074 and @harbhajan_singh bowled on these kind of wickets they would be sitting on a thousand and 800 ? However congratulations to India, @akshar2026 what a spell! congratulations @ashwinravi9 @ImIshant” read the tweet of the cricketer.

finished in 2 days Not sure if that’s good for test cricket !If @anilkumble1074 and @harbhajan_singh bowled on these kind of wickets they would be sitting on a thousand and 800 ?🤔However congratulations to 🇮🇳 @akshar2026 what a spell! congratulations @ashwinravi99 @ImIshant 💯

— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) February 25, 2021

This tweet irked the fans of Indian cricket who came up with comments criticizing the former all rounder. Many humorously said that Harbhajan is using Yuvi’s phone whereas many others asked him to celebrate the win instead of judging the skills displayed by the new age cricketers.

Check out some of their comments below :

you're supposed to be a role model. have some shame.

— Vish ⚡ (@cfcvish_) February 25, 2021

Harbhajan, return Yuvi's phone.

— dimaagkoshot (@dimaagkoshot) February 25, 2021

Can you come out of nostalgia ? Anil & Bhajji in fact had graveyards to bowl on in India. That is why they got the wickets they have. Give credit where due. Ashwin & Axar were good. And age gracefully Bro.

— Kedar (@marathikedar) February 25, 2021

You have started to talk like your dad, India has always had turning tracks, only difference is back then we had proper test batsman who knew how to bat on turning track, hence the matches lasted 5 days, now batsman just focuses on IPL and other shorter format.

— RAHUL GAUTAM (@gautamrahul83) February 25, 2021

Jalbhajan should Tweet this from his own Account.

— 🏹🚜 (@Introvert_101_) February 25, 2021

Seri da pothithu poda pic.twitter.com/RPbLk0zgzM

— Jack. (@carefreetyper) February 25, 2021

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You are still stuck in that era. Move on. Celebrate the win

— Nikhil Ram (@Nikhil_Rams) February 25, 2021

Hate these ex-cricketers always being salty towards present day players. Ffs can't you guys just appreciate them normally

— Jay. (@Itxjunu18) February 25, 2021

What an Insult to Ashwin & Axar's hard work 💯

— Scar (@YourRishbh) February 25, 2021

May be bad pitch but unnecessary loud comparison

— Akshay2u (@Akshays48601120) February 25, 2021