Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin turned the primary ever cricketer in historical past to have scored 20-plus fifty plus scores together with 30-plus 5 wicket hauls within the longest format of the sport. He is thus the primary cricketer within the 147-year historical past of Test cricket to realize the feat. Ashwin reached one other nice peak as an all-rounder through the first Test towards Bangladesh at his house stadium in Chennai on Thursday. After India was in a hard scenario at 144/6, Ashwin began a effective counter-attack with Ravindra Jadeja, scoring 102* in 112 balls, with 10 fours and two sixes. His runs got here at a strike price of 91.07.
Ashwin, who has 36 five-wicket hauls, the third-most by a Test bowler, additionally has scored 600 and 14 fifties within the longest format of the sport. He is the one cricketer to have scored 20 or extra fifty plus scores and have 30 five-wicket hauls in Tests.
Ashwin has 4 Test centuries in Tests from place quantity eight or beneath. New Zealand all-rounder Daniel Vettori has most variety of centuries from quantity eight or beneath in Tests, with 5 tons.
The 38-year-old all-rounder has a effective report at his house stadium, MA Chidambram Stadium. In 5 Tests and 7 innings, Ashwin has scored 331 runs at a mean of 55.16, with two centuries and a fifty. Ashwin has additionally taken 30 wickets at a mean of 23.60, with the perfect figures of seven/103. He has 4 five-wicket hauls and a ten-wicket haul on the venue.
Ashwin is amongst high all-rounders like Garfield Sobers (West Indies), Kapil Dev (India), Chris Cairns (New Zealand), and and Ian Botham (England) to have a number of 5 fors and a number of centuries at a venue in Test cricket.
Coming to the match, Bangladesh received the toss and elected to bowl first. The top-order collapsed and India was left at 34/3. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (56 in 118 balls, with 9 fours) and Rishabh Pant (39 in 52 balls, with six fours) stitched a 62-run partnership for the fourth wicket, bringing India into the sport. After India was diminished to 144/6, Ashwin and Jadeja (86* in 117 balls, with 10 fours and two sixes) stitched a 195-run partnership, ending the day at 339/6.
Hasan Mahmud (4/58) was the highest bowler for Bangladesh, destroying the Indian high order, eradicating skipper Rohit Sharma (6), Shubman Gill (0) and Virat Kohli (6).
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