Talk about domination, Talk about a complete showdown! And that is what the India Cricket Team showcased in the IND vs BAN 1st Test in Chennai. A comprehensive all-round performance by hometown hero Ravichandran Ashwin helped India inflict a crushing 280 run defeat against the visitors. Ashwin slammed a ton and then went on take a fifer, thereby etching his name in the history books to become the only Indian to do so in Test history for four times.
Bangladesh took everyone by surprise by option to bowl first after winning the toss on Day 1. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin saved India from the blushes after a top order collapse. Ashwin slammed a ton while Jadeja managed to score 86 runs as India registered 376 runs in their first innings score.
Ashwin’s ton saves India from Blushes
And then began India’s utter dominance. Bumrah bagged 4 wickets while Ashwin scalped a couple to restrict the visitors to manage 149 runs. India then batted again and it was Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant’s show. The two batters slammed individual tons before declaring. India piled up a mammoth total of 515 runs for Bangladesh to chase in the fourth innings.
But the tide of the game had turned by then. The pitch had already started to crack and the home town hero, Ravi Ashwin took the gift with open arms. The off spinner led the Bangladeshi batters dance like marionets to his tune of destruction.
Century & 5-fer in the same Test most times
5 – Ian Botham
4 – R Ashwin *
2 – G Sobers/ Mushtaq Mohammad/ J Kallis/ Shakib Al Hasan/ R Jadeja
Hometown Hero weaves Magic
If it was a recovery century in the first innings, it was a sensational fifer that helped India win the Test match. Ravi Ashwin in total scalped 6 wickets. previously Ashwin has scripted the record of slamming a ton and taking a fifer in Tests 3 times, and with his heroics in Chennai he has done it a record 4 time.
Only Ian Botham had 5 fifers and tons in the same match. Coming to the last innings, Bangladesh were bowled out for 234 runs before lunch on Day 4. Ashwin was the standout bowler with a stunning six-wicket haul and Jadeja doing his part to etch out 3 wickets.
