Three years since his closing Test hundred, which moreover came on the very identical venue, Ravichandran Ashwin cracked his sixth Test hundred to steal India from the gloom on day conception to be one of the most first Test in opposition to Bangladesh.
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19 September, 2024, 07:15 pm
Closing modified: 19 September, 2024, 07:19 pm
Ravichandran Ashwin hit an very wonderful counterattacking hundred to steal India to a exact position at stumps on day conception to be one of the most Chennai Test.
Three years since his closing Test hundred, which moreover came on the very identical venue, Ravichandran Ashwin cracked his sixth Test hundred to steal India from the gloom on day conception to be one of the most first Test in opposition to Bangladesh.
Opting to bowl first, Bangladesh had India on their haunches after a great opening spell from Hasan Mahmud, who accounted for Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli early on.
Mahmud moreover despatched encourage Rishabh Pant to snare his fourth earlier than India misplaced a couple more speedy wickets. At 144/6, the onus became as soon as on the all-rounder duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin to set India and they did so in spectacular model.
Ranked No.1 and No.2 in the ICC Males’s Test all-rounder rankings, Jadeja and Ashwin stitched collectively an unbeaten 195-bustle stand to steal India to stumps with the rating reading 339/6.
Ashwin, who became as soon as in high extinguish at his residence ground in Chennai, smashed his first Test century in three years to attract unbeaten on 102* at stumps on day one with Jadeja 14 runs away from reaching triple figures.
Ashwin’s closing Test hundred came on the identical venue in opposition to England in 2021. Love in this Test, Ashwin then saved India from a tricky enlighten in the 2nd innings. Strolling in at 86/5, Ashwin made 106 to lend a hand India to a combating entire.
With correct leap and carry, India struggled early on in opposition to the contemporary ball, nonetheless Ashwin acknowledged that he cherished batting on the pitch.
“On a ground like this, it is better to trudge noteworthy like Rishabh [Pant] does,” Ashwin told Ravi Shastri on the waste of the day’s play.
“Or no longer it is an former-college Chennai ground with leap and carry. When there is width, you may perhaps per chance give it a tonk. Jadeja became as soon as of real lend a hand, there became as soon as a degree where I became as soon as sweating and wearisome nonetheless Jaddu helped me through that section. He’s been exact and conception to be one of our simplest batters in the closing few years. He told me we don’t must rework twos into threes, which helped me immensely.”
