Ravichandran Ashwin, who scored a century within the first innings, took six wickets within the second innings as India thumped Bangladesh by 280 runs within the first Check in Chennai on Sunday. Bangladesh resumed the day on 158-4 with captain Najmul Hossain Shanto batting with veteran Shakib Al Hasan. Nevertheless, native hero Ashwin struck first to finish a cussed in a single day stand of 48 by getting Shakib out for 25. The dismissal sparked a batting collapse within the morning session as Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared 9 wickets between them.
The win, which gave India a 1-0 lead within the two-match, sequence was additionally the cricket loopy nation’s 179th within the longest format of the sport. India performed its first-ever Check in 1932.
For the primary time in historical past, the Indian cricket group has extra Check wins than defeats. They’ve performed 580 Exams to date, successful 179 and shedding 178 video games. In the meantime, 222 Exams have been attracts.
Amongst groups who’ve achieved the feat of registering extra wins than losses, India have taken probably the most variety of video games (580) to succeed in the milestone for the primary time.
Exams taken by every group to have W/L ratio better 1 for the maiden time
1 – Australia
3 – Afghanistan
16 – Pakistan
23 – England
99 – West Indies
340 – South Africa
580 – India
In the meantime, Ashwin bagged his thirty seventh five-wicket haul, equalling the late Shane Warne. Muttiah Muralitharan stays effectively out in entrance with 67
“He is all the time there for us over time. I do not know if I converse right here (that) it will be sufficient to cowl what he does for the group. He seems to be like he is by no means out of the sport,” Ashwin mentioned after the match.
India declared their second innings at 287-4 on day three after centuries from Shubman Gill, who hit an unbeaten 119, and the returning Pant, who made 109, flattened the opposition.
Gill and the left-handed Pant, who was taking part in his first Check since a critical automobile crash in December 2022, placed on 167 runs for the fourth wicket.
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