India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin stunned his critics into silence as he put up one of his best performances in the longer format of the game at home to lift the 'Man of the Match award' after the second of four Tests against England on Tuesday.
Unbeatable Ashwin - The Milestone Man
As India went on to level the series 1-1 with a 317-run win, Sportstar takes a look at all the individual milestones Ashwin reached during the course of the game in Chepauk.
- Scored his fifth Test century; his first against a team other than the West Indies.
- Has now achieved the unique double of scoring 1000-plus runs and picking in excess of 100 wickets against England across formats. He is only the second Indian cricketer to get to the milestone after former captain Kapil Dev.
- Has become the fastest to pick 50 fourth-innings scalps in 14 innings in a country, going past Anil Kumble, who had achieved the feat in 16 innings at home.
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- Has thrice scored a hundred and picked up a five-wicket haul in a Test. Only Ian Botham has done it on more occasions - five.
- Became only the second Tamil Nadu player to score a Test century at Chepauk after Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who hit 123 against Pakistan in 1986-87.
- Became the third Indian to clinch his 350th international wicket at home, after Kumble (476) and Harbhajan Singh (376).
- Claimed his 29th Test fifer, equaling Australia legend Glenn McGrath's feat. He is currently seventh on the all-time list of bowlers with the maximum fifers in Test cricket.
- Has become the second-highest wicket taker for India in home Tests with 271 scalps, surpassing Harbhajan (265). Kumble, with 350 dismissals, leads the charts.
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