IND vs BAN, 1st Test, Day 4: Ravichandran Ashwin takes 6-88 in fourth innings. India beat Bangladesh by 280 runs and lead series by 1-0 margin. Top highlights from the Day 4.
Brief Scores: India 376 and 287/4 declared vs Bangladesh 149 and 234 (Najmul Hossain Shanto 82, R Ashwin 6/88) by 280 runs.
On Sunday, Ravichandran Ashwin’s 37th five-wicket haul helped India beat Bangladesh in the Chennai Test. The win gave India a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series. Needing to take six wickets on the fourth day, India’s all-rounders Ashwin and Jadeja took all the wickets to fall. Ashwin was named man of the match, and apart from the five-wicket haul, he also scored a vital 113 in the first innings to rescue India.
Talking Points: Match exposes the wide divide between the two teams
The Chennai Test exposed the wide divide between the two teams, especially the bowling unit. India have lethal new-ball bowlers in Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, who exploited the conditions in the first innings to bowl out Bangladesh for 149. India’s spinners, Ashwin and Jadeja, are also poles apart from Bangladesh’s spinners. Ashwin-Jadeja’s experience and skills got the better of Bangladesh batters even when conditions were batting-friendly in the fourth innings.
Ashwin-Jadeja kills Bangladesh’s resistance
Bangladesh began Day 4, needing 357 for a win but with just six wickets. Their skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan survived a testing first hour, keeping India’s new-ball bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj at bay. Things changed for India after the drinks break as Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja got together to break the resistance of the Bangladesh batters.
Shakib was the first to depart after Yashasvi Jaiswal took a blinder with a short leg off Ashwin. Jadeja got them into the act, getting the dangerous Litton Das to edge it to the first slip. Mehidy Hasan Miraz threw his wicket away, trying to clear long-on, but holed out in the deep, giving Ashwin his fifth wicket of the innings. Captain Shanto, who was running out of the partners, was the next to fall to Jadeja. Ashwin took his sixth when he dismissed Taskin Ahmed. Jadeja then bowled Hasan Mahmud to end Bangladesh’s resistance.
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Statistical Highlights from IND vs BAN, 1st Test, Day 4
- India have won 12 Tests against Bangladesh out of 14, with two matches ending in draws.
- Ashwin goes past Courtney Walsh’s 519 wickets to emerge as the eighth-highest wicket-taker in Tests. Ashwin currently has 522 wickets in 101 Tests.
- Ashwin now holds the joint second record of taking most five-for (37) along with Shane Warne in Tests, behind Muttiah Muralitharan’s 67.
- The match also saw Ashwin complete his fourth double of a century and five-for in the same Test. This was also his second straight double of a ton and five-for in a Test at Chepauk, Chennai.
- Najmul Hossain Shanto scored 82 in the fourth inning. This is the second-highest score by a No 3 Bangladesh batter against India in Tests. Mominul Haque’s 84 is the top score by a No 3 Bangladesh batter against India in Tests.
- India’s win against Bangladesh in Chennai means that for the first time in its Test history, it has more wins (179) than losses (178).
What’s next
India will play the second Test vs Bangladesh on September 27 in Kanpur. A win here would strengthen India’s position at the top of the 2023-2025 World Test Championship while killing Bangladesh’s pursuit of a top-two finish.
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