Ashwin levels Shane Warne in the Test record book

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed a six-wicket haul in the fourth innings of the Chennai Test against Bangladesh, which helped the hosts India to win the Test match by 280 runs. With his latest fifer, Ashwin levelled the legendary Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne’s achievement in a Test record book. 

India set a 515-run target for Bangladesh in the fourth innings of the Chennai Test. Bangladesh started the fourth day with 158/4, where Ravichandran Ashwin already picked up three wickets. 

After the 48-run partnership for the fifth wicket between the captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh lost their fifth wicket, and their batting collapsed quickly after that. The visitors lost their last six wickets for only 40 runs, while the skipper Shanto (82) was the only Bangladesh batter to reach the 40-run mark in that innings. 

Ashwin, who failed to pick up one wicket in the Bangladesh first innings, bagged six wickets in the fourth innings. The off-spinner finished the fourth innings with the bowling figures of 21-0-88-6.  

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Ravichandran Ashwin recorded 37th Test five-wicket haul

It was Ashwin’s 37th Test five-wicket haul. With his latest fifer, Ashwin equalled the record for second-most Test fifers with the legendary Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne. Only legendary Sri Lankan off-spinner Muthiah Muralidaran is ahead of them with 67 five-wicket hauls.

Most Test five-wicket hauls in an innings

Second-most Test fifers at one venue by an Indian bowler 

It was also the fifth time that Ashwin completed a five-wicket haul in a Test innings at Chepauk. With his latest fifer, Ashwin equalled the second most record for most Test five-wicket hauls by an Indian bowler in one single venue. Legendary Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble also recorded five five-wicket hauls in Chennai Tests. Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has a record in this list with six Test fifers at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.  

Indian bowlers with most five-wicket hauls in a Test innings at one venue

Second time Ashwin recorded a century and a five-wicket haul in a Test innings in the same Test at Chepauk

In the first innings of the latest Chennai Test, Ashwin played a rescue role for the hosts by scoring his sixth Test century (113 runs). With the century and a six-wicket haul, Ashwin secured the Player of the Match award.

It was the second time that Ashwin recorded a century and a five-wicket haul in an innings in the same Test at Chepauk, Chennai. He recorded it first time at Chennai in February 2021 against England. Ashwin is the first cricketer to record a century and a five-wicket haul in an innings in the same Test twice in a single venue. 

On the other hand, it was the fourth time in Test cricket history that Ashwin recorded a century and a five-wicket haul in an innings in the same Test. Only the English legend Sir Ian Botham has a better record than Ashwin in this list, as the English all-rounder recorded it five times. 

Players with most Test matches scoring a century and claiming a five-wicket haul in an innings in the same Test