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Ravichandran Ashwin has become the most successful player to score a century and take five or more wickets in the same innings in the same Test.
In the first Test match played in Chennai, India defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs. In this match, all the players from the Indian team performed very well and played an important role in their team’s victory. Let us tell you, Team India’s veteran all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin has achieved a great feat during the first Test.
Ravichandran Ashwin has become the most legendary player to score a century in the same Test and take five or more wickets in the same innings. Ravichandran Ashwin scored 113 runs in the first innings of the first Test match played in Chennai. He hit 11 fours and two sixes in his innings. This innings of Ravichandran Ashwin was important because at one time the Indian team had lost its 6 wickets for just 144 runs. However, after this there was an important partnership of 199 runs for the seventh wicket between Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
Even though Ravichandran Ashwin could not take a single wicket in the first innings, in the second innings he bowled lethally and sent 6 Bangladeshi batsmen back to the pavilion. In the second innings, no Bangladeshi player could stand against Ravichandran Ashwin.
HISTORY AT THE CHEPAUK.
– Ravi Ashwin becomes the oldest player to score a century and take a fifty in the same Test. pic.twitter.com/RW4DpfYHeM
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India won the first test
Let us tell you that in the first innings of the first Test match, Team India scored 376 runs after losing all the wickets. Apart from Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja scored 86 runs while Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 56 runs. In response, Bangladesh was all out for 149 runs in their first innings. Shakib Al Hasan scored 32 runs for the team. For the hosts, Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets while Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep and Ravindra Jadeja took 2-2 wickets each.
After this, the host declared their second innings at 287 runs for 4 wickets. Bangladesh could not achieve the target of 515 runs and the team was all out at 234 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin took 6 wickets while Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin is the second highest wicket taker for India in Test cricket after Anil Kumble.
