Pragyan Ojha,becomes the third fastest Indian to get wickets in test matches - Saturday March 23,2013

Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha on Saturday March 23,2013 became the third fastest Indian bowler to reach the milestone of 100 wickets in Test cricket. Ojha's 100th wicket was Australian tailender James Pattinson, who edged to Virat Kohli at first slip.
Ojha did not play the first two Tests against Australia in Chennai and Hyderabad, but returned in Mohali where India clinched the series 3-0 and took four wickets.
In the Delhi Test Match which was his 22nd Test Match,Pragyan Ojha had to wait 26.1 overs since the time to take wicket No. 99 in Mohali until Pattinson became his 100th, off the first ball of Ojha's 27th over on Saturday March 23,2013
Pragyan Ojha being greeted by Ravindra Jadeja after getting James Pattinson out on Day 2 of the 4th Test between India and Australia at Ferozshah Kotla Ground in New Delhi on 23, March, 2013

The other two indian cricketers were -
Erapalli Prasanna who took his 100th wicket in his 20th Test, which came against Australia in Delhi on November 28, 1969 and
Anil Kumble who reached the landmark in his 21st Test, which was in Bangalore against New Zealand on October 15, 1995
The next closest are -
 Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma with 95, followed by Harbhajan (92) and R Ashwin (90).

In terms of days -
Pragyan Ojha took 3 years and 32 days to reach the 100-wicket mark.
Anil Kumble needed 5 years and 70 days to get to 100 wickets and
Erapalli Prasanna took 7 years and 22 days to get to 100 wickets, but this included 5 years of absence from the Test scene as he finished his undergraduate studies

About Pragyan Ojha

• made his Test Match debut against Sri Lanka in the 2nd Test at Nagpur on Nov 24, 2009 and had figures of 2-37 off 23 overs and 2-36 off 15.3 overs in India's 100th Test win

• became the 18th Indian overall and world’s 163rd bowler to get to the 100-wicket figure

• had the most success against New Zealand as he has taken 25 wickets in 5  Tests at an average of 27.56

• Next best for Ojha are England and West Indies, against whom he has taken 20 wickets

• 18 of his 22 Tests have been played in India, at an average of 29.34 and strike-rate of 67.6

• In 3 Tests in Sri Lanka, Ojha took eight wickets at an average of 64.37 and strike-rate of 123

• In his solitary Test in Bangladesh, Pragyan Ojha took 4 wickets at an average of 31.50 and strike rate of 57

• has featured in 13 Tests wins out of 22, taking 73 wickets at an average of 25.84 and strike-rate of 57.20
• Pragyan Ojha's best bowling figure (6/47) came against the West Indies in Mumbai in 2011. 

• majority of Pragyan Ojha's wickets have been - caught (54); (31) lbw;(10) stumped and (7) bowled

• Pragyan Ojha made his ODI debut agianst Bangladesh in June 2008

• Pragyan Ojha made his T-20 debut against Bangladesh in June 2009, in which took 4/21 in 4 overs and was awarded Man of the Match for his outstanding and match-winning performance

• Pragyan Ojha became the 800th and final Test victim of Muttiah Muralitharan(Sri Lanka) the highest wicket taker in Test Match Cricket History in Galle.(In 133 matches, Muttiah Muralitharan has 800 wickets at an average of 22.72,has taken 10 wickets in a match an astonishing 22 times and 5 wickets in an innings 67 times -- the most by any bowler.Murali made his debut against Australia in Colombo in 1992 and claimed Craig McDermott as his first Test victim.Shane Warne is the second best with 708 wickets in 145 Tests at an average of 25.41)