Fastest to Take 50 Wickets in Test Cricket

**Fastest to take 50 Test Wickets**
Player	Ctry	Tests	Innings	Avg Wks/Inn	5W	BBI
Charlie Turner	Aus	6	10	5	8	7/43
Tom Richardson	Eng	7	13	4.08	8	6/39
Vernon Philander	SA	7	13	3.92	6	6/44
Prabath Jayasuriya	SL	7	13	3.85	6	7/52
Alf Valentine	WI	8	14	3.57	4	8/104
Maurice Tate	Eng	9	15	3.4	4	6/42
Frederick Spofforth	Aus	8	15	3.33	5	7/44
Terry Alderman	Aus	8	15	3.33	4	6/135
Rodney Hogg	Aus	8	15	3.4	5	6/74
Bill O'Reilly	Aus	10	16	3.31	4	7/54

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

**Fastest Indian player to take 50 Test Wickets**
Player	Tests	Innings	Avg Wks/Inn	5W	BBI
Ravi Ashwin	9	16	3.25	5	6/31
Anil Kumble	10	20	2.65	3	6/53
Subhash Gupte	12	20	2.55	6	7/162
Erapalli Prasanna	12	20	2.5	3	6/94
Jasprit Bumrah	11	21	2.38	3	6/33
Harbhajan Singh	11	21	2.52	4	8/84
B. S. Chandrasekhar	12	21	2.38	1	7/157
Vinoo Mankad	15	21	2.43	1	5/101
Kuldeep Yadav	12	21	2.43	4	5/40
Axar Patel	12	23	2.17	5	6/38

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

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