As Ravichandran Ashwin surpasses Nathan Lyon, here is the list of top 10 wicket takers in Test cricket

India's Ravichandran Ashwin surpassed Australia's Nathan Lyon to become the seventh highest wicket taker in Test cricket during the first innings of the second Test against New Zealand at Pune. Ashwin got his 531st Test wicket when he dismissed Devon Conway for his third wicket in the innings.

The Tamil Nadu bowler has the second highest wickets for India, only behind Anil Kumble's 619 scalps.

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Playing in his 104th Test, Ashwin has a bowling average of 23.74 and a strike rate of 50.38. He has the joint second most five-wicket hauls at 37, sharing the record with Australian great Shane Warne. Sri Lankan legend Muthaih Muralitharan leads the list with 67. Additionally Ashwin has scored 3438 Test runs at an average of 26.45, including six centuries.

Ashwin and Lyon are the only two active bowlers in the top ten wicket takers list in Test cricket.

Top 10 Highest Test Wickets

Here is the list of the top ten wicket takers in Test cricket.

Position	Bowler	Wickets	Country
1	Muthaiah Muralitharan	800	Sri Lanka
2	Shane Warne	708	Australia
3	James Anderson	704	England
4	Anil Kumble	619	India
5	Stuart Broad	604	England
6	Glenn McGrath	563	Australia
7	Ravichandran Ashwin	531	India
8	Nathan Lyon	530	Australia
9	Courtney Walsh	519	West Indies
10	Dale Steyn	439	South Africa