5 big records broken in 1st IND vs BAN 2024 Test ft. Ravichandran Ashwin
If you see an Indian Test win at home with Ravichandran Ashwin as the Player of the Match, you know a lot of records have been butchered in the last few days. Both are almost synonymous with each other; in fact, Ashwin's rise as a Test giant has come parallel to India's unprecedented domination at home.
It was fitting that Ashwin's brilliant combination of a century and a fifer at his home venue took India to 179 Test wins, making them the fifth nation with more wins than losses in the format currently. Chepauk made everything better because it was here that India achieved their first-ever Test win in 1952.
Below, we have a selection of five big records broken in the Test, check it out.
#5 Ashwin-Jadeja's highest seventh-wicket partnership after a team score of <150 for India
Given India's massive margin of victory, it's easy to forget that Bangladesh were dominating them on the first day. India were at 114/6 after losing the toss and Hasan Mahmud was breathing fire with four wickets in the first two sessions.
Then, India's greatest-ever all-round duo Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja dug deep on the crease. Ashwin, batting with flair at his home ground, scored a breezy 113 (133), while Jadeja picked up his moments to his boundaries to steadily go past 80. Both got out without adding too many runs on the next day.
But their 199-run stand was massive in more ways than one. It was the highest-ever seventh-wicket stand for India from the position of team score being 150 or less (which signifies difficult conditions).
It went past Dilip Sardesai and Eknath Solkar's 186-run stand against the West Indies in 1971 after India were 70/6. Overall, it was the sixth best in the world.
The 195 runs they put up together on the first day were also the most by any pair for the seventh wicket or lower on the opening day of a Test.
(Stat courtesy: ESPNcricinfo)
#4 Most wickets fallen in one day at Chepauk
The second day of the Test was equally eventful. India collapsed with Ashwin and Jadeja's early wickets, losing four men for just 33 runs. Then, Bangladesh got bowled out in 47.1 overs, which brought India to bat again. Another top-order collapse ensued leaving them three wickets down before Stumps.
So, a total of 17 wickets fell on the second day. It was the highest for one day at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai's Chepauk. The previous best was 15 wickets from India on three occasions: once against the West Indies in 1979 and twice against England in the first two Tests of the 2021 series.
(Stat courtesy: Business Standard)
#3 Jadeja goes past Shakib on an all-round Asian record
The day and the Test was dominated by Ashwin, also because it was at his home, but like always, Jadeja sneakily broke a record too, involving his long-term partner and also Bangladesh's greatest all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan.
Jadeja, Ashwin and Shakib have been fighting it out in the ICC top-three rankings for years. Before this Test, Jadeja and Shakib were tied on 11 occasions they had collected more than 50 runs and five wickets in the Test while Ashwin was at 10.
In this Test, Ashwin went to 11 and Jadeja cleared himself to 12, becoming the new record-holder in Asia. Overall, he's only behind legendary former English captain Ian Botham who achieved the double 16 times in his career.
(Stat courtesy: ESPNcricinfo)
#2 and #1 Ravichandran Ashwin six-for madness
As if his match-saving century wasn't enough, Ashwin finished things off for India with a magnificent six-wicket haul in the final innings.
His importance was on display on Day 4. Despite two left-handers hogging the crease, Rohit Sharma didn't bring Ashwin on in the entire first hour and Shakib Al Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto saw off India's attack with relative ease.
Ashwin came back to bowl the first over after the Drinks break and immediately took out Shakib. Bangladesh collapsed from there on with two more wickets to the off-spinner and a symmetric three to Jadeja from the other end.
His 37th five-wicket haul took him equal with Shane Warne at second-best for career fifers and broke two big records. Firstly, he became the oldest Indian to claim a fifer in Tests at 38 years and two days, surpassing Vinoo Mankad's record from 1955 against Pakistan in Peshawar when he was 37 years and 306 days old.
Secondly, Ashwin also went past Anil Kumble in picking the most wickets for India in the fourth innings of a Test. He now has 99 from 35 fourth innings at an average of 19.06, five better than Anil Kumble (94 in 35 innings at 22.39) and 33 in front of Bishan Singh Bedi (60 wickets in 23 innings at 14.46).
Apart from the Player of the Match award, Ashwin, thus, also walked away with the best records to his name.