Ashwin Breaks 62-Year Record with Century and Five-Wicket Haul in First Test Against Bangladesh

India triumphed over Bangladesh by 280 runs on Sunday (September 22). To secure victory in the first Test of the two-match series. The match, held at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, saw Rohit Sharma’s. Team bowl out Najmul Hossain Shanto and his teammates for 234 runs while defending a target of 515. Ravichandran Ashwin, the world’s top Test bowler, took six wickets, while Ravindra Jadeja contributed by dismissing three Bangladeshi batsmen.

By taking six wickets in the second innings, 38-year-old Ashwin became the oldest Indian cricketer. To achieve a five-wicket haul in Test cricket. He surpassed the previous record held by Vinoo Mankad, who took five wickets for India against Pakistan in the Peshawar. Test in 1955 at the age of 37 years and 306 days.

Ashwin Sets Record as Oldest Indian to Achieve Five-Wicket Haul in Tests

In addition to his outstanding bowling performance, Ashwin also scored a century in the first innings of the Chennai Test. He was India’s top scorer, making 113 runs off 133 balls, including 11 fours and 2 sixes. His century, combined with his five-wicket haul in the series opener against Bangladesh.allowed Ashwin to surpass Polly Umrigar’s 62-year-old record, making him the oldest Indian cricketer in Test history to achieve this milestone.

Umrigar was 36 years and seven days old when he played a Test match against the West Indies in Port of Spain in 1962. In that game, he scored an unbeaten 172 runs and took five wickets for 107 runs in the first innings.

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Ashwin Becomes First to Achieve Century and Five-Wicket Haul Twice at Chepauk

Ashwin’s 113-run innings and his figures of 6 for 88 in the second innings also made him the first player in the world to score a century and take a five-wicket haul at the same ground twice. In his previous Test at Chepauk Stadium against England in February 2021, Ashwin had scored 106 runs and taken 5 wickets for 43 runs, helping secure India’s victory.

Ashwin has now scored a century and taken a five-wicket haul in the same Test on four occasions. The only player with more instances of this achievement is former England all-rounder and captain Ian Botham, who has done it five times.

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