R Ashwin
R Ashwin in WTC 2023-25: India and Bangladesh are facing each other in the first Test match in Chennai. On the first day, Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto won the toss and decided to bowl first, which seemed to be correct to a large extent, but with the entry of R Ashwin on the field, the hopes of the visiting team were dashed. Hasan Mahmud single-handedly sent the Indian top order to the pavilion, after which R Ashwin came on the field and batted brilliantly and scored his sixth Test century.
Ashwin completed his century in 108 balls in which he hit 11 fours and 2 excellent sixes. With the completion of this century, the local boy of Chennai equaled Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of 6 Test centuries in Test cricket. Not only this, Ashwin has now become the second batsman to score the most centuries while batting at number 8 or below in Test cricket. He has scored 4 centuries while batting at number 8 or below.
Most centuries in Test cricket as a batsman batting at No. 8 or below
- 5 – Daniel Vettori
- 4 – Ravichandran Ashwin
- 3 – Kamran Akmal
- 3 – Jason Hold
Place in a special club
This is the second century from Ashwin’s bat in Chennai. With this, he has achieved a big milestone in Test cricket. Ashwin has now joined the club of great all-rounders who have scored 2 centuries and taken 5 wickets more than twice at the same venue. Earlier, only Kapil Dev was included from India in this special club. Ashwin has done the great feat of scoring 2 centuries and taking 5 wickets 4 times in Chennai.
All-rounders who have taken more than one 5-wicket haul and scored more than one hundred at the same venue in Tests
- Garfield Sobers – Headingley (2 centuries, 2 5-wicket hauls)
- Kapil Dev – Chennai (2 centuries, 2 5-wicket hauls)
- Chris Cairns – Auckland (2 centuries, 2 5-wicket hauls)
- Ian Botham – Headingley (2 centuries, 3 5-wicket hauls)
- Ravichandran Ashwin – Chennai (2 centuries, 4 5-wicket hauls)
Ashwin was dismissed for 113 runs on the second day of the Chennai Test. Thanks to this innings, Ashwin managed to beat Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam. In fact, before this match, R Ashwin was behind Babar Azam in terms of scoring runs in the World Test Championship 2023-25, but as soon as he scored a century, he went ahead of the Pak batsman. Babar Azam is struggling with poor form in WTC 2023-25 ​​and he has scored 266 runs in 13 innings at an average of just 20.46. At the same time, R Ashwin has scored 293 runs in 11 innings.
Highest individual score at No. 8 or below in WTC
- 164(237) – Kamindu Mendis v. Bangladesh, Sylhet, 2024
- 118(115) – Gus Atkinson v Sri Lanka, Lord’s, 2024
- 113(133) – R Ashwin vs Bangladesh, Chennai, 2024
- 113(213) – Yasir Shah v Australia, Adelaide, 2019
- 106(148) – R Ashwin vs England, Chennai, 2021
- 103(168) – Mehdi Hasan Miraz vs West Indies, Chittagong, 2021
- 100*(257) – Joshua Da Silva vs England, St George’s, 2022
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