Ashwin and Jonny Bairstow complete 100 tests, these players also played their 100th match together
Ravi Ashwin Jonny Bairstow 100th Test : Today is a very special day for Jonny Bairstow, the star player of the Indian team and one of the best batsmen of England. Both players are playing their 100th Test match in Dharamshala today. Such occasions rarely come when two players are playing their 100th Test together. You will be surprised to know that this has happened only three times before, when two or more players have done this. This is happening for the fourth time today.
This happened for the first time in the year 2000
Let us first talk about the year 2000, because this was the year when two great players played their 100th Test match together. These were England’s Mike Earthton and Alec Stewart. Both have been big players and have created many records. After this, in the year 2006, in the match played between South Africa and New Zealand, three players reached this milestone simultaneously. In this match played in Centurion, apart from South Africa’s Jacques Kallis and Shaun Pollock, New Zealand’s Stephen Fleming played his 100th Test match together.
The last time this happened was in the year 2013.
After this the same story was repeated in the year 2013. That year, in the match played between Australia and England in Perth, Australia’s Michael Clarke and England’s Alastair Cook played their 100th Test together. Both have been captains of their respective teams and have made many such records, which are unbreakable even today. After this, after about 11 years, such an opportunity has come, when the players of India and England are playing the 100th Test together. Ravichandran Ashwin of India and Jonny Bairstow of England. Both the players have created many records for their respective teams.
This match is special for Indian team and England
This is the last match of the Test series being played in Dharamshala. The Indian team has won three out of the four matches played so far, while England has won one match. After losing the first match, the Indian team made a spectacular comeback and captured the series by winning three consecutive matches. But the last match is still going on. It remains to be seen how the teams as well as the players, who are playing their 100th Test today, manage to perform for their team.
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