Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates the wicket of England’s Ben Foakes on Day 3 of the 5th Test match, at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, in Dharamsala on March 9, 2024.
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India’s Test collection overcome England lived as much as the expectations as information tumbled even in the fifth sport with the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravichandran Ashwin and James Anderson etching their names in the history books on the scenic HPCA Stadium.
The five-match collection between two cricketing giants performed house to 102 sixes to make the file for essentially the most maximums struck in a Test collection.
Before this collection, Ashes 2023 (Australia vs England) noticed a complete of 74 sixes smashed throughout the completely different venues with Australia rising triumphant to retain the collection.
Throughout the collection, India’s promising expertise lived as much as the expectations and delivered to fill in the holes left by the absence of some senior players like Virat Kohli and plenty of extra.
Among such players, 22-year-old, Yashasvi Jaiswal completed the collection with a formidable tally of 712 runs to his title which included exceptional 26 sixes.
The southpaw batter turned simply the second batter to enter the 700-run membership in a collection and joined the elite firm of ICC Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar who has achieved the feat twice in his adorned profession.
In the ultimate sport, 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 centesimal Test ended the match with a nine-wicket haul to his title which included a five-for in the second innings. With his scintillating efficiency, Ashwin ended the collection with essentially the most variety of wickets – 26.
Ashwin went previous iconic spinner Anil Kumble to change into the Indian bowler with essentially 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 as effectively as in his a centesimal Test.
The artful off-spinner is the fourth bowler to say a five-for in his a centesimal Test. Before him, the long-lasting spin trio of Shane Warne, Anil Kumble and Muttiah Muralitharan achieved the feat.
England’s famed pacer James Anderson turned 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 in the highest 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 title.
