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India veteran bowling all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin who was featured in his home ground in the first Test match between India and Bangladesh broke a plethora of records which helped the hosts to register a dominating win of 280 runs at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Ashwin was even awarded Player of the Match for his all-round performance. Ashwin rescued India from a precarious position of 144/6 by scoring his sixth Test hundred. He formed a brilliant 199-run partnership with Ravindra Jadeja (86), helping India to a total of 376 in the first innings. While he went wicketless in that innings, he made a significant impact in the second, dismantling Bangladesh's batting lineup with a six-wicket haul.
Here is the list of wickets Ashwin broke during the first Test match between India and Bangladesh at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Equals Shane Warne's record of five-fer
Ashwin got his 37th five-fer in 101 Test outings where he equalled the record of Australia's Shane Warne. Sri Lanka great Muttiah Muralitharan tops the tally with 67 five-fers in 133 Tests.
1. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 67
2. Shane Warne (Australia) – 37
3. Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 37
4. Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) – 36
5. Anil Kumble (India) – 35
Breaks Anil Kumble's record
R. Ashwin achieved a significant milestone with a spell of 6-88 in the second innings, surpassing legendary Anil Kumble to become India’s leading wicket-taker in second innings. Ashwin now has 99 wickets in the second innings, while Kumble follows with 94.
Indian bowlers with the most wickets in the fourth innings:
1. Ravichandran Ashwin – 99
2. Anil Kumble – 94
3. Bishan Bedi – 60
4. Ishant Sharma / Ravindra Jadeja – 54
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Ashwin surpasses Pat Cummins
Ashwin has now become the second bowler with the most wickets in the WTC cycle with his six wickets in the second innings, Ashwin surpassed current Australia captain Pat Cummins. Ashwin has now 180 scalps in his name. He is second in the tally after Nathan Lyon.
Nathan Lyon (Australia) 187
R Ashwin (Australia) 180
Pat Cummins (Australia) 175
Ashwin is the only cricketer in the World who has 30 5-fer and scored 50+ Scores more than 20 times. He also has the second most 100s at No. 8 or below in the world.
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