Ravichandran Ashwin World Record IND vs BAN Test: Ravichandran Ashwin has set a world record in the first test match being played between India and Bangladesh in Chennai. He scored the sixth century of his test career on the first day of the match and is still unbeaten at the crease. Actually, he has not set the world record in batting but as an all-rounder. Let us tell you that apart from 6 centuries, Ashwin has also scored 16 fifties in his career.
Ashwin’s world record
Ravichandran Ashwin has become the first cricketer to score 50 or more on 20 occasions as a batsman in Test cricket and also take more than 30 5-wicket hauls in bowling. This had never happened in the 147-year history of Test cricket, so Ashwin has become the first cricketer in the world to do so simultaneously.
The match against Bangladesh is the 101st match of Ashwin’s Test career. He has scored more than 3,400 runs in batting and during this time he has scored 6 centuries and 14 half-centuries. In bowling, he has taken 5 or more wickets in an innings on more than 36 occasions in Test matches.
Ashwin’s statistics become interesting because he has scored 4 of his centuries while batting at number eight or lower. So far, the record for scoring the most centuries at number eight or lower is held by New Zealand’s former captain Daniel Vettori. He scored 5 centuries while batting at this position.
Ashwin has an excellent record in Chennai
Ravichandran Ashwin comes from Tamil Nadu and his batting record on his home ground is also very good. So far he has scored 331 runs in 7 innings of 5 Test matches at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, in which his average is more than 55. On the other hand, if we look at bowling, ‘Professor’ Ashwin has taken more than 30 wickets so far at the Chennai stadium.
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