Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates the wicket of England’s Ben Foakes on Day 3 of the fifth Test match, at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, in Dharamsala on March 9, 2024.
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India’s Test sequence overcome England lived as much as the expectations as information tumbled even within the fifth recreation with the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravichandran Ashwin and James Anderson etching their names within the historical past books on the scenic HPCA Stadium.
The five-match sequence between two cricketing giants performed dwelling to 102 sixes to make the file for probably the most maximums struck in a Test sequence.
Before this sequence, Ashes 2023 (Australia vs England) noticed a complete of 74 sixes smashed throughout the totally different venues with Australia rising triumphant to retain the sequence.
Throughout the sequence, India’s promising expertise lived as much as the expectations and delivered to fill within the holes left by the absence of some senior gamers like Virat Kohli and plenty of extra.
Among such gamers, 22-year-old, Yashasvi Jaiswal completed the sequence with a powerful tally of 712 runs to his identify which included exceptional 26 sixes.
The southpaw batter grew to become simply the second batter to enter the 700-run membership in a sequence and joined the elite firm of ICC Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar who has achieved the feat twice in his embellished profession.
In the ultimate recreation, Jaiswal struck 57 and have become the second-fastest Indian cricketer to achieve 1000 runs in Test format and he took simply 16 innings to realize the feat.
Former India cricketer Vinod Kambli is the one participant forward of Jaiswal who achieved the feat in simply 14 innings.
Coming to the bowlers, Ashwin who featured in his a hundredth Test ended the match with a nine-wicket haul to his identify which included a five-for within the second innings. With his scintillating efficiency, Ashwin ended the sequence with probably the most variety of wickets – 26.
Ashwin went previous iconic spinner Anil Kumble to change into the Indian bowler with probably the most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket – 36. The 37-year-old is the primary participant to bag a five-wicket haul in his debut in addition to in his a hundredth Test.
The artful off-spinner is the fourth bowler to say a five-for in his a hundredth Test. Before him, the enduring spin trio of Shane Warne, Anil Kumble and Muttiah Muralitharan achieved the feat.
England’s famed pacer James Anderson grew to become the primary speedster to say 700 wickets in Test format after he claimed the wicket of Kuldeep Yadav early in Day 3.
Featuring as the one pacer within the high 4 wicket-takers in Test format, the 41-year-old is simply eight wickets behind the legendary Shane Warne who has 708 wickets to his identify.
Source: www.thehindu.com
