New Delhi: Veteran Ravichandran Ashwin Delivered an all-round masterclass in a brilliant performance Rishabh Pant India beat Bangladesh inside three days in the Test series opener in Chennai on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series in what was an emotional and memorable comeback.
Having made a brilliant start to the new and tough Test season, Rohit Sharma and company performed brilliantly and registered a massive 280-run win, giving ‘Guru’ Gautam Gambhir his first success as a Test coach.
After a long gap, India started the game a bit nervous but local boy Ashwin (119) first hit a brilliant first innings hundred and then his magical bowling in the fourth innings to give India a comfortable win.
With this, Pant returned to Test cricket after a horrific car accident in 2022 with a brilliant century and made his mark as a rising star Shubman Gill He too scored a century, making the win at Chepauk a memorable one.
This was India’s 7th win in 10 matches in the current World Test Championship cycle and with this win the hosts achieved many notable milestones as a team and also at the individual level.
A look at the statistics of India’s spectacular win over Bangladesh:
179-178 – India has achieved a historic feat in its 92-year Test cricket history, for the first time it has registered more wins than losses. It took 580 Tests for India to achieve a win/loss ratio of more than 1 for the first time. Till date, India has drawn 222 Tests.
632 days – Before the Chennai Test, Rishabh Pant last played Test cricket in December 2022 against Bangladesh in Dhaka, but a horrific car accident forced him to stay away from cricket for over a year and a half. After winning the title in the T20 World Cup earlier this year, Pant made a stunning comeback at Chepauk and scored a brilliant century – 109 in the second innings.
Pant is equal to MSD – Rishabh Pant’s sixth Test century in Chennai was also special because with this he equalled the legendary MS Dhoni in terms of scoring the most centuries as a wicketkeeper-batsman for India in this format. Dhoni had scored 6 centuries in 144 innings, while Pant achieved this feat in just 58 innings.
Ashwin @ 38 – At the age of 38 years and 2 days, Ashwin became the oldest player to take five wickets for India in Test cricket. Before Ashwin, Vinoo Mankad held this record by taking five wickets against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Peshawar Test in 1955 at the age of 37 years and 306 days.
Oldest for double – By scoring a century in the first innings and taking five wickets in the second innings, Ashwin became the oldest player to score a double century (100 and 5 wickets) in the history of men’s Test cricket.
Chepauk Prem – Ashwin has now taken a century and five-wicket haul in Tests at the same venue twice, making him the only cricketer to achieve such a feat. He also scored a century and five-wicket haul against England at Chepauk in 2021.
in elite company – By taking 6 wickets for 88 runs, Ashwin set the record of taking 750 international wickets. He is now the fourth spinner to achieve this feat after Muttiah Muralitharan. shane warneAnd Anil Kumble.
Outwitting the great Walsh – With 6 wickets in Tests, Ashwin moved to eighth place in the list of all-time leading Test wicket-takers, surpassing Courtney Walsh’s 519 wickets in the format.
All-round ash – Ashwin has achieved the feat of scoring a century and taking five wickets in the same Test four times so far. And he is only behind England’s great Ian Botham, who achieved the same feat five times.
Ashwin equals Warne – Ashwin took five wickets for the 37th time in Test cricket, which put him in joint second place with legendary spinner Shane Warne in terms of taking the most five wickets in this format. Only Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan is ahead of Ashwin, who has a record of taking five wickets 67 times.
fifth run of the fourth inning – Ashwin has taken five wickets in the fourth innings seven times, joint second most along with Warne and Muralitharan.
Most wickets in the 4th innings – By taking six wickets on Sunday, Ashwin surpassed Anil Kumble, the Indian player with the most wickets in the fourth innings. Ashwin now has 99 wickets in the fourth innings while Kumble has 94 wickets. Bishan Bedi took 60 wickets while Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja are jointly at the fourth position.
Jaddu moves up the all-rounders list – Ravindra Jadeja has scored more than 50 runs and taken five or more wickets in Tests 12 times so far. Ian Botham has done it 16 times in this format while Shakib Al Hasan and Ashwin have done it on 11 occasions.
Disappointing performance for Shakib – 37-year-old star Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan bowled the most expensive spell in his Test career, conceding 129 runs in 21 overs and going wicketless in two innings. This was the fifth time in his career that he went wicketless in a Test match despite bowling at least 20 overs.
17 wicket day – 17 wickets fell on the second day of the Test, which is now the most at Chepauk. In the 1979 Test between India and West Indies, 15 wickets fell on the third day of the Chepauk Test. In 2021, 15 wickets fell on the second and fourth days of the India vs England Test respectively.
1094 – India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal is now fourth in the list of batsmen with most runs after first 10 Tests. Australia’s Don Bradman had scored 1446 runs while Everton Weekes (West Indies) and George Headley (West Indies) had scored 1125 and 1102 runs respectively after first 10 Tests. For India, this record was previously held by Sunil Gavaskar – 978 runs.
Kohli vs spin from 2021 , Virat Kohli He scored 6 and 17 runs in the two innings of the Chepauk Test and now has 18 victims against spinners in Tests since 2021. He has 499 runs to his name at an average of 27.72.
Having made a brilliant start to the new and tough Test season, Rohit Sharma and company performed brilliantly and registered a massive 280-run win, giving ‘Guru’ Gautam Gambhir his first success as a Test coach.
After a long gap, India started the game a bit nervous but local boy Ashwin (119) first hit a brilliant first innings hundred and then his magical bowling in the fourth innings to give India a comfortable win.
With this, Pant returned to Test cricket after a horrific car accident in 2022 with a brilliant century and made his mark as a rising star Shubman Gill He too scored a century, making the win at Chepauk a memorable one.
This was India’s 7th win in 10 matches in the current World Test Championship cycle and with this win the hosts achieved many notable milestones as a team and also at the individual level.
A look at the statistics of India’s spectacular win over Bangladesh:
179-178 – India has achieved a historic feat in its 92-year Test cricket history, for the first time it has registered more wins than losses. It took 580 Tests for India to achieve a win/loss ratio of more than 1 for the first time. Till date, India has drawn 222 Tests.
632 days – Before the Chennai Test, Rishabh Pant last played Test cricket in December 2022 against Bangladesh in Dhaka, but a horrific car accident forced him to stay away from cricket for over a year and a half. After winning the title in the T20 World Cup earlier this year, Pant made a stunning comeback at Chepauk and scored a brilliant century – 109 in the second innings.
Pant is equal to MSD – Rishabh Pant’s sixth Test century in Chennai was also special because with this he equalled the legendary MS Dhoni in terms of scoring the most centuries as a wicketkeeper-batsman for India in this format. Dhoni had scored 6 centuries in 144 innings, while Pant achieved this feat in just 58 innings.
Ashwin @ 38 – At the age of 38 years and 2 days, Ashwin became the oldest player to take five wickets for India in Test cricket. Before Ashwin, Vinoo Mankad held this record by taking five wickets against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Peshawar Test in 1955 at the age of 37 years and 306 days.
Oldest for double – By scoring a century in the first innings and taking five wickets in the second innings, Ashwin became the oldest player to score a double century (100 and 5 wickets) in the history of men’s Test cricket.
Chepauk Prem – Ashwin has now taken a century and five-wicket haul in Tests at the same venue twice, making him the only cricketer to achieve such a feat. He also scored a century and five-wicket haul against England at Chepauk in 2021.
in elite company – By taking 6 wickets for 88 runs, Ashwin set the record of taking 750 international wickets. He is now the fourth spinner to achieve this feat after Muttiah Muralitharan. shane warneAnd Anil Kumble.
Outwitting the great Walsh – With 6 wickets in Tests, Ashwin moved to eighth place in the list of all-time leading Test wicket-takers, surpassing Courtney Walsh’s 519 wickets in the format.
All-round ash – Ashwin has achieved the feat of scoring a century and taking five wickets in the same Test four times so far. And he is only behind England’s great Ian Botham, who achieved the same feat five times.
Ashwin equals Warne – Ashwin took five wickets for the 37th time in Test cricket, which put him in joint second place with legendary spinner Shane Warne in terms of taking the most five wickets in this format. Only Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan is ahead of Ashwin, who has a record of taking five wickets 67 times.
fifth run of the fourth inning – Ashwin has taken five wickets in the fourth innings seven times, joint second most along with Warne and Muralitharan.
Most wickets in the 4th innings – By taking six wickets on Sunday, Ashwin surpassed Anil Kumble, the Indian player with the most wickets in the fourth innings. Ashwin now has 99 wickets in the fourth innings while Kumble has 94 wickets. Bishan Bedi took 60 wickets while Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja are jointly at the fourth position.
Jaddu moves up the all-rounders list – Ravindra Jadeja has scored more than 50 runs and taken five or more wickets in Tests 12 times so far. Ian Botham has done it 16 times in this format while Shakib Al Hasan and Ashwin have done it on 11 occasions.
Disappointing performance for Shakib – 37-year-old star Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan bowled the most expensive spell in his Test career, conceding 129 runs in 21 overs and going wicketless in two innings. This was the fifth time in his career that he went wicketless in a Test match despite bowling at least 20 overs.
17 wicket day – 17 wickets fell on the second day of the Test, which is now the most at Chepauk. In the 1979 Test between India and West Indies, 15 wickets fell on the third day of the Chepauk Test. In 2021, 15 wickets fell on the second and fourth days of the India vs England Test respectively.
1094 – India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal is now fourth in the list of batsmen with most runs after first 10 Tests. Australia’s Don Bradman had scored 1446 runs while Everton Weekes (West Indies) and George Headley (West Indies) had scored 1125 and 1102 runs respectively after first 10 Tests. For India, this record was previously held by Sunil Gavaskar – 978 runs.
Kohli vs spin from 2021 , Virat Kohli He scored 6 and 17 runs in the two innings of the Chepauk Test and now has 18 victims against spinners in Tests since 2021. He has 499 runs to his name at an average of 27.72.
