Twitter commends R Ashwin's special hundred at Chepauk


Ravichandran Ashwin scored his fifth Test ton against England in Chennai on Monday during the second match of the four-match series. Earlier, India had taken a lead in the first innings after England were bundled out for 134.

He had also taken a five-wicket haul in the first innings and joined the elite list of players with a fifer and a hundred at the Chepauk along with Kapil Dev and Imran Khan.


The hosts began the proceedings well with Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma putting on 42 for the first wicket before Gill departed for 14 after getting trapped in front of the stumps by Jack leach.

In the morning session of the third day, India lost their middle order with Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant failing to combat the spin off the pitch. Then, Kohli and Ashwin stitched a long partnership to frustrate the tourists before the Indian skipper was caught rooted in the crease against Moeen Ali.

 After Kohli’s departure, Ashwin led the lower batting order and steered the team to an invincible position and also brought up his fifth Test ton.

He was the last man to get dismissed when India were at 286 and set a target of 482 for the tourists to chase down on a pitch that is offering a lot of assistance to spinners.




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