"Out On A Mission": Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting Congratulate Stuart Broad On Joining The 500 Club
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Sachin Tendulkar along with many other cricketers took to Twitter to congratulate Stuart Broad on taking 500 wickets in Test cricket.
Stuart Broad dismissed West Indies batsman Kraigg Brathwaite to get to 500 Test wickets.© AFP
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Stuart Broad became the 7th bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket
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Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to congratulate Broad on the occassion
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Broad achieved the feat after dismissing Kraigg Brathwaite on Tuesday
Always felt he was going to have a good Test career but I didn't have 500 Test wickets in the equation !!! Skill,resilience,hard work,stubbornness ... And when you think he started out as a Batsman ... A great lesson to all young cricketers ... Congrats @stuartbroad8 #500 #TestCricketA post shared by Michael vaughan (@michaelvaughan) on
Former Australia cricketer Adam Gilchrist also posted a message for Stuart Broad on his big achievement and said, "And well done @StuartBroad8 A champions greatest quality is longevity and you are a true champion".
England's Paul Collingwood in his congratulatory tweet for Stuart Broad wrote, "Such a shame that the ground can't be full for @StuartBroad8 500th Test wicket but we are all watching in admiration of such a huge achievement. Incredible. #ENGvWI #cricket #500 club".
Stuart Broad has so far played 140 Test matches for England and has 501 wickets with an economy rate of 2.95
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