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The first test match between India and Bangladesh is being played in Chennai. In this match, R Ashwin has scored the sixth century of his test career. During this innings, he pulled Team India out of trouble. He hit 10 fours and 2 sixes during his innings. During this innings, he has become a part of a special club. Along with him in this club are legends like Kapil Dev and Mahendra Singh.
Ashwin made a place in this special club
R Ashwin has joined the list of batsmen who have scored the most centuries while batting at number 7 or below in India. Apart from him, Kapil Dev and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are also in this list. Both these great players have scored 4 centuries in India. With this, Ashwin has now equaled these legends. Apart from this, this is the fastest century of Ashwin's Test career. He completed his sixth century in just 108 balls.
Ashwin draws level with Daniel Vettori
Ashwin has equaled Vettori. He has jointly come at the first position in terms of scoring the most centuries in Tests while batting at number 8. Ashwin and Vettori have scored 4 centuries each while batting at number 8. Former Pakistani cricketer Kamran Akmal is at the second position. He has scored three centuries.
Jadeja-Ashwin's strong partnership
At the time of writing this news, Team India has scored 339 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 80 overs. During this time, Jadeja was playing after scoring 86 runs in 117 balls. He completed a partnership of 195 runs with Ashwin. This partnership of Jadeja and Ashwin broke many records.
Team India's comeback after a bad start
India had a bad start. Captain Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 6 runs. Shubman Gill was out for zero runs. While Virat Kohli remained at the crease after scoring just 6 runs. Rishabh Pant scored 39 runs in 52 balls. While KL Rahul returned to the pavilion after scoring 16 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a half-century. He faced 118 balls and scored 56 runs. Yashasvi hit 9 fours.
