Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin not only helped India equal their largest win in terms of runs, he had reached the personal milestone of 300 wickets becoming the fastest to the mark in 54 matches, surpassing Dennis Lillee's record of 56 matches during the India - Sri Lanka Test at Nagpur. Ashwin broke Lillee's record that was set 36 years ago. Ashwin returned with a match haul of eight wickets - 4 for 67 in the first innings and 4 for 63 in the second. Ashwin also completed 50 Test wickets in 2017 calendar year. After the match, Ashwin said that he would like to double the tally. Virat Kohli walked away with the Man-of-the-Match award for his fifth Test double hundred.
Quickest to 300 wickets in terms of matches: Ravichandran Ashwin – 54; Dennis Lillee – 56; Muttiah Muralitharan – 58; Sir Richard Hadlee – 61; Malcolm Marshall – 61; Dale Steyn – 61; Shane Warne - 63
