DTVHINDIR Ashwin won this award after scoring a century in the first innings and a five-wicket haul in the second innings
Ashwin took a five-wicket haul along with a century in the Chennai Test match. R Ashwin (Photo Source: X) The first match of the two-Test series between India and Bangladesh was played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In this match, three batsmen scored centuries for Team India in difficult situations. R Ashwin pulled India out of trouble by scoring 113 runs in the first innings. He played this innings at a time when the team had lost 6 wickets at a score of 144. After this, in the second innings, Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill took charge of the team when India was in trouble after losing three wickets at a score of 67. In such a situation, all three batsmen were entitled to the Player of the Match award, but Ashwin showed amazing bowling on the third and fourth day and became the hero of the match by defeating Pant-Gill in this list. Ashwin took 6 wickets in the second innings against Bangladesh. He was given the Player of the Match award for this all-round performance. This is Ashwin’s 9th Player of the Match award in his Test career and he has become the sixth player to win this award the most number of times for India. In this list, Sachin Tendulkar (14), Rahul Dravid (11), Ravindra Jadeja (10), Virat Kohli (10) and Anil Kumble (10) are ahead of him. Ashwin also made many records on the basis of his excellent performance against Bangladesh. Ashwin took 6 wickets in the fourth innings of the Chennai Test. With this, he has become the bowler to take the most 99 wickets in the fourth innings for India. He has left behind the legendary Anil Kumble in this list. Indian bowlers who took the most wickets in the fourth innings of a Test match 99 R Ashwin 94 Anil Kumble 60 Bishan Bedi 54 Ishant Sharma/Ravindra Jadeja Off-spinner Ashwin is the only player in the world to score a century in Test cricket twice on the same ground and also take a five-wicket haul. Ashwin scored 106 runs and took 5 wickets for 43 runs against England in Chennai in 2021. In this match, he scored 113 runs in 133 balls and took 6 wickets for 88 runs.
Ashwin broke Nathan Lyon’s record for most five-wicket hauls in WTC, and also made 2 more records to his name
By taking five wickets, Ashwin has broken the record of Australia’s star spinner Nathan Lyon for taking the most five-wicket hauls in the history of the World Test Championship (WTC). Ashwin (Source X) In the first Test match played between India and Bangladesh, the Bangla Tigers had to face defeat by 280 runs. Ravichandran proved to be the star player of this match. He scored a century in India’s first innings and in the fourth innings of the match, he wreaked havoc on Bangladesh with the ball. Ashwin sent half of Bangladesh’s team back to the pavilion with his spin attack in the fourth innings of the match. He bowled 21 overs in which he conceded just 88 runs but took the most number of wickets i.e. 6. Along with this 5 wicket haul, Ashwin has made many records in his name, let’s look at them one by one By taking five wickets, Ashwin has broken Australia’s star spinner Nathan Lyon’s record for taking most five-wicket hauls in World Test Championship (WTC) history. In 43 matches for Australia, Lyon has taken five wickets 10 times, while Ashwin now holds the record of taking 11 five-wicket hauls in 36 WTC matches for India. Most Wickets In WTC 2023-25 (Most five wickets in World Test Championship) Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 11 Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 10 Pat Cummins (Australia) – 8 Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 7 Josh Hazlewood (Australia) – 6 Tim Southee (New Zealand) – 6 With these five wickets, Ashwin has broken former New Zealand all-rounder Richard Hadlee’s record of 36 five-wicket hauls and equalled Shane Warne’s record of 37 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket. The record for most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket is held by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, who has dismissed five or more batsmen in an innings 67 times for Sri Lanka. Record for most number of five-wicket hauls in Test matches Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 67 Shane Warne (Australia) – 37 Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 37 Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) – 36 Anil Kumble (India) – 35 Most wickets in Test cricket In the Chennai Test, Ashwin also broke the record of 519 wickets of former West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh and became the eighth highest wicket-taker in the history of Test cricket. The Indian legend has taken 521 wickets in 101 matches played so far. Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for taking the most wickets in Test cricket. This legendary spinner finished his Test career with 800 wickets in 133 matches. Australia’s Shane Warne is second with 708 wickets in 145 Tests, followed by England’s James Anderson (704), India’s Anil Kumble (619), England’s Stuart Broad (604), Australia’s Glenn McGrath (563) and Nathan Lyon (530).
