Ashwin scored a century and achieved a great feat..!!
Ravichandran Ashwin scored a century in the first Test match against Bangladesh. Ravichandran Ashwin scored a brilliant century in the first Test match which started at Chennai's Chepakkam stadium. The first Test match between
india and
bangladesh started today at Chennai's
chepauk Stadium.
bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl. Accordingly, the top-order batsmen in the
indian team that came out to bat did not do well. Rohit, Virat Kohli, and Shubman Gill lost wickets in succession in poor runs.
However, Jaiswal, who came in to open, scored 56 runs and
rishabh pant scored 39 runs. The duo set up a small partnership in the middle order that took the
indian team from a bad spot to a good one. After that, Ashwin and Jadeja, who came down to the back row, played like anchors. The Bangladeshi team was blown away by displaying tremendous batting.Ashwin, who played well, scored his 6th century in
international cricket. It was only his second century at his
home ground, Cheppak. When Ashwin, the
tamil Nadu player, scored his hundred, all the fans at the Chepakkam stadium were happy to congratulate him. At the other end, Jadeja also played well and scored a half-century.
At one point the
indian team was 6 wickets for 144 runs, and they made sure that neither of them lost a single wicket. As a result, the
indian team scored 339 runs for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of the first day's play.Ashwin-Jadeja partnership formed a partnership of 195 runs for the 7th wicket only. It also ranks in the list of most runs taken for 7th wicket in an
international Test match. The second-day match between
india and
bangladesh will be played tomorrow. Both Ashwin and Jadeja will open the innings for the
indian team.