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    "excerpt": "Visakhapatnam, Oct 5\u00a0Ace Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is just one wicket away from equalling legendary Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan's record in Test cricket. Ashwin, who picke",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Visakhapatnam, Oct 5&nbsp;<\/strong>Ace Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is just one wicket away from equalling legendary Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan&#39;s record in Test cricket.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAshwin, who picked up seven wickets in the first innings of the ongoing Test against South Africa at the ACA-VDCA Stadium here, is just one wicket short of equaling Muralitharan&#39;s world record of being the fastest to 350 Test wickets.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe 33-year-old has so far picked 349 wickets, including 26 five-wicket hauls, in 66 Test matches. Muralitharan, who holds the record for being the leading wicket-taker in the longest format of the game with 800 scalps to his name, had also reached the 350-wicket milestone in his 66th Test match against Bangladesh in 2001.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFormer Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble had taken 77 Tests to take 350 wickets.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAshwin made his Test debut in 2011 and since then has been an integral part of the Indian set-up, especially in red-ball cricket.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHowever, he was not included in the two-match series in the West Indies in which India made a clean sweep to register their first points in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship.<\/p>\r\n",
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