Fastest to Take 250 Wickets in Test Cricket

**Fastest to take 250 Test Wickets**
Player	Ctry	Tests	Innings	Avg Wks/Inn	5W	BBI
Muttiah Muralitharan	SL	51	80	3.16	18	9/65
Ravi Ashwin	Ind	45	83	3.01	24	7/59
Dale Steyn	SA	49	90	2.81	16	7/51
Allan Donald	SA	50	90	2.79	16	8/71
Waqar Younis	Pak	51	91	2.75	20	7/76
Dennis Lillee	Aus	48	92	2.73	17	6/26
Ian Botham	Eng	55	94	2.67	20	8/34
Imran Khan	Pak	55	94	2.68	17	8/58
Sir RJ Hadlee	NZ	53	96	2.61	19	7/23
Anil Kumble	Ind	55	97	2.61	14	10/74

5W-Five Wickets/Inning, BBI-Best Bowling /Inning

**Fastest Indian player to take 250 Test Wickets**
Player	Tests	Innings	Avg Wks/Inn	5W	BBI
Ravi Ashwin	45	83	3.01	24	7/59
Anil Kumble	55	97	2.61	14	10/74
N Kapil Dev	65	104	2.4	18	9/83
Bishan Singh Bedi	60	106	2.37	14	7/98
Harbhajan Singh	61	114	2.2	20	8/84
Ravindra Jadeja	62	117	2.15	11	7/48
Zaheer Khan	73	133	1.88	10	7/87
Ishant Sharma	85	152	1.65	8	7/74

5W-Five Wickets/Inning, BBI-Best Bowling /Inning

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