Ravichandran Ashwin rocked the first test match between India and Bangladesh. He made an impact with the ball as well as the bat. The dashing spinner Ashwin took 6 wickets on the Chennai ground and also scored a century (113) in difficult conditions. India registered a resounding victory by 280 runs in the Chennai Test. Ashwin was awarded the Player of the Match award. Ashwin Anna has turned the page of history. He has set a series of records and defeated many legends. Let us tell you about some of Ashwin’s records.
The only one who can do this amazing
Ashwin is the only player to score a century and take a fifer in a Test after the age of 38. Ashwin has broken a big record of the great cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. He has become the player who has won the most (Player of the Match – Player of the Series) awards for India in Tests. Ashwin now has 20 awards to his credit. He won 10 Player of the Match and 10 Player of the Series awards in his career. Sachin won 19. He is followed by Rahul Dravid (15), Anil Kumble (14), Virender Sehwag (13) and Virat Kohli (13).
Kumble-Akram’s record broken
Ashwin has achieved the feat of taking the most wickets in the fourth innings for India. He has 99 wickets to his name. He has broken the record of former legendary spinner Anil Kumble, who took 94 wickets in the fourth innings. Bishan Singh Bedi (60) is at number three. Ashwin has reached the fifth position in the list of players taking the most wickets in won matches. He has taken 538 wickets so far. He has pushed former Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram (537) to the sixth position.
Most wickets in matches won
816 – Muttiah Muralitharan
724 – Shane Warne
717 – Glenn McGrath
567 – James Anderson
538 – Ravichandran Ashwin
537 – Wasim Akram
535 – Brett Lee
Ashwin has become the cricketer to take the most fifers in World Test Championship (WC) history. He did this for the 12th time in WTC. Ashwin broke the record of Australian spinner Nathan Lyon, who took a five-wicket haul 11 times. Ashwin has equaled Australia’s great spinner Shane Warne in the list of bowlers taking the most fifers in Test matches. He has reached the joint second position with 37 fifers. Former Sri Lankan legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (67 fifers) is at the top.
Most five-wicket hauls in Test matches
67 – Muralitharan
37 – Ravichandran Ashwin
37 – Shane Warne
36 – Richard Hadlee
35 – Anil Kumble
34 – Rangana Herath
32 – James Anderson
Most fifers in the fourth innings of a Test match
12 – Rangana Herath (40)
7 – Ravichandran Ashwin (35)
7 – Muttiah Muralitharan (35)
7. Shane Warne (53)
6 – Nathan Lyon (57)
Most centuries and fifers in the same Test match
5 – Ian Botham
4. Ravichandran Ashwin
2 – Garry Sobers
2. Ravindra Jadeja
2 – Jacques Kallis
2. Mushtaq Mohammed
2. Shakib Al Hasan
Indians who scored a century and took a fifer in the same Test
V Mankad v England, Lord’s (1952)
P Umrigar v West Indies, Port of Spain (1962)
R Ashwin vs West Indies, Wankhede (2011)
R Ashwin vs West Indies, Northsound (2016)
R Ashwin vs England, Chennai (2021)
R Jadeja vs Sri Lanka, Mohali (2022)
R Jadeja vs England, Rajkot (2024)
R Ashwin vs Bangladesh, Chennai (2024)
