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2018-12-08 Persons

3879.

Who became the fastest cricketer to take 200 Test wickets breaking an 82-year-old record?

Rohit Sharma

Yasir Shah

Rashid Khan

Will Somerville

Answer: Option

Explanation:

Pakistan's leg-spinner Yasir Shah became the fastest cricketer to take 200 Test wickets breaking an 82-year-old record, beating Australian leg-spinner Clarrie Grimmett's record of 36 Tests set against South Africa in Johannesburg in 1936. Yasir achieved this by taking New Zealand's batsman Will Somerville wicket in Abu Dhabi.