WTC Special Record Alert! R Ashwin surpasses THIS player
India's star all-rounder who is an off-spinner in bowling style, Ravichandran Ashwin was the most valuable player in India's win against Bangladesh in the First Test match at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
New Delhi: India’s celebrity all-rounder who is an off-spinner in bowling style, Ravichandran Ashwin became the foremost valuable player in India’s win against Bangladesh during the First Test match at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The veteran now not only performed with the ball, but additionally became unheard of with the bat, smashing a whimsical ton.
Ravichandran Ashwin got the possibility to bat during the first innings when Team India lost its top order and needed some toughness during the middle overs. Ashwin, to take into accounta good batter in sub-continent conditions scored to take into accounta good hundred and rescued India from a precarious situation.
Talking about the first innings Ravichandran Ashwin did now not percent up a single wicket with the ball during the first innings, but became back to his perfect in Bangladesh’s 2d innings. The wily spinner grabbed a 5-wicket haul and finished with figures of 6 for 88 as India triumphed over Bangladesh with utmost ease.
Talking about the records, by picking up a 5-wicket-haul, Ashwin broke Aussie spinner, Nathan Lyon’s record of most 5-wicket hauls during the World Test Championship (WTC). In Forty three WTC Tests, Lyon has ten 5-wicket hauls, and Ashwin now has eleven fifers in only 36 Test matches.
Most 5-Wicket Hauls in World Test Championship history:
1. R Ashwin – eleven
2. Nathan Lyon – 10
three. Pat Cummins – eight
Four. Jasprit Bumrah – 7
5. Josh Hazlewood – 6
Ravichandran Ashwin completed his thirty seventh five-wicket haul and equalled Australian legend Shane Warne for the record. It became also the fourth time the veteran all-rounder took five wickets or more in a Test match alongside 100.
The Indian cricket team scripted history in Chennai on a Sunday morning as they registered more wins than losses in Test cricket for the first time since 1932 following an emphatic 280-run victory over Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. With this victory, India now has 179 wins out of 580 Test matches. India lost 178 times while drew 222 matches and one game ended in a tie.
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