R Ashwin bailed out team India from a tricky situation in the ongoing IND vs BAN 1st Test being played in Chennai. Thanks to his efforts with the bat, the home side managed to breach the 300-run mark on Day 1 of the Test match. During his marathon partnership with Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin joined Kapil Dev and Syed Kirmani in an elite list of Indian batting pairs. Only these two Indian batting pairs have more than 500 partnership runs for 7th wicket or below in Test cricket in home conditions.
Over the years, R Ashwin has broken several records of Kapil Dev, who is considered as one of the finest all-rounders team India has ever produced. Speaking about the Test format, let us check out who has better stats R Ashwin or Kapil Dev?
R Ashwin stats vs Kapil Dev in Test cricket
In bowling, Ashwin has already surpassed Kapil Dev in wickets column. While Kapil Dev scalped a total of 434 wickets in 131 Tests, Ashwin already has 516 wickets in 100 Tests. However, Kapil Dev has a better batting record than Ashwin in Test cricket.
Kapil Dev amassed a total of 5248 runs at an average of 31.05 with eight centuries and 27 fifties to his name. On the other hand, Ashwin has so far scored 3309 runs with an average of 26.26. He has 6 centuries and 14 fifties to his name in the longest format.
R Ashwin Test stats
Batting
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 141 | 15 | 3309 | 125 | 26.26. | 6144 | 53.86 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 381 | 21 |
Bowling
M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 189 | 26166 | 12255 | 516 | 7/59 | 13/140 | 2.81 | 23.75 | 50.71 | 36 | 8 |
Editor's Pick
Top Stories
