Twitter commends R Ashwin's special hundred at Chepauk

Onecricket


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.




Discover more

Top Stories
news

FIR lodged against Yuvraj Singh

Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has found himself in some trouble after his name was included in an FIR. The FIR has been lodged on basis of a complaint by a lawyer against his alleged casteist remarks against Dalits. According to a report in The Indian Express, a Hansi-based lawyer named Rajat Kalsan had filed a complaint at Hansi city police station in Hisar district in June last year. The FIR has been lodged under sections 153, 153 A, 295, 505 of the IPC and SC/ST act on Sunday. “This comment has hurt the sentiments of Dalits as millions of people have watched this video on social media,” Kalsan said. The controversy erupted after Yuvraj in an Instagram LIVE session with Rohit Sharma called Yuzvendra Chahal a ‘bhangi’. The former left-arm cricketer later faced the heat on social media for his remarks. Yuvraj had later clarified that his remarks were unintentional in a statement. “This is to clarify that I have never believed in any kind of disparity, be it on the basis of caste, colour, creed or gender. I have given and continue to spend my life for the welfare of people. I believe in the dignity of life and respect each individual without exception,” read the statement. “I understand that while I was having a conversation with my friends, I was misunderstood, which was unwarranted. However, as a responsible India I want to say that if I have unintentionally hurt anybody’s sentiments or feelings, I would like to express regret for the same. My love for India and all its people is eternal,” the statement added.

news

Miller’s half-century in vain as Hasan-Nawaz all-round show helps Pakistan bag the series

Hasan Ali, who was making his comeback to T20 cricket, hit 20 off just seven deliveries to help Pakistan chase down 165 and beat South Africa in the third and final T20I at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. This also meant that one of the finest T20I knocks while playing with the tail from David Miller, who hit a 45 ball 85, also went in vain. With this victory, the Babar Azam led side also won the series 2-1 to back their 2-0 drubbing of the Proteas in the Tests. With this win, Pakistan also reached the landmark of 100 T20I wins, becoming the first team to achieve this feat. The new opening pair of Haider Ali and Rizwan Ahmed started the innings, different from the last two matches where Babar opened with Rizwan. They went cautiously at the start and built a 51 run partnership to lay a solid foundation for the chase. But once Haider Ali got out, Rizwana and Talat Hussain followed him. It came down to Babar Azam and experienced Asif Ali. Ali too disappointed as the chinaman Tabraiz Shamsi ran through the middle order and put Pakistan on the verge of a defeat. He ended his spell with figures of 4-25. The defeat started staring the Men in Green in the face when Babar was castled by Dwaine Pretorius. Faheem Ashraf too went out playing a not required shot. At 137-6, Pakistan had two bowling all-rounders in Mohammad Nawaz and Ali at the crease with 28 needed from the last three overs. Nawaz hit Pretorius for two fours in the 18th over and together they took 12 runs from that over to bring the equation down to 16 from 12. Andile Phehlukwayo then bowled the worst over of the match, getting hit for a waist-high no-ball. The equation came down 9 from 11 and then a wide, a four and a six sealed the deal for Pakistan. Nawaz for his brilliant bowling and a crucial batting performance was awarded Man of the Match. Earlier in the evening, Pakistan won the toss for the first time in the series and bowling first dismantled the Proteas batting lineup. While Nawaz got rid of Reeza Hendricks and JJ Smuts, debutant Zahid Mahmood took three wickets and showcased the amount of talent that he has. Wickets kept on falling as South Africa reeled at 65-7 at one stage. It was then that Miller decided enough was enough and started playing his shots. He had a 41 run stand with Bjorn Fortuin and then added unbeaten 58 in just 29 balls with Lutho Sipamla. Miller hit seven sixes and five fours in his innings and collected 25 runs off the last over to give South Africa a fighting total. Mohammad Rizwan who hit 197 runs in three innings alongside a hundred and a fifty was adjudged Man of the Series.

news

West Indies create history, win yet another thriller to whitewash Bangladesh 2-0

A second strung West Indies team, led by Kraigg Brathwaite achieved what hadn’t been done for the past nine years by any other Caribbean side. They beat Bangladesh in a thrilling encounter by 17 runs in the second Test to whitewash the hosts 2-0. With this series win, West Indies also won a two or more match Test series in Aisa for the first time in 12 years. Rahkeem Cornwall was the hero of the match for Windies picking nine wickets in the entire game. He picked up a five-wicket haul in the first innings and carried it into the second innings, getting another four to add to his tally. Bangladesh started the last day in a brilliant manner sending the Windies team packing for just 117 in their second innings, having conceded a 113 run lead in the first. They started the chase with a great attitude as well, not wasting too many deliveries. Somya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal added 59 for the first wicket, making it look like a cakewalk for the hosts. Opposition skipper Brathwaite brought himself in as a changeup and got Sarkar out with his first delivery. Soon after Tamim too played a rash shot to get himself out and the Bangladesh side started fumbling. One after other batsmen got out as the spinners picked up the pace and bite from the fourth day Dhaka wicket. Skipper Mominul Haque and first innings highest scorer Litton Das tried to provide some semblance to the innings, but all in vain as a ripper from Jomel Warrican hit Mominul high on the bat, ricocheted off the pads and went into the waiting hands of Cornwall at leg slip. After the 32 run stand was broken Das too got out trying to cut one off Warrican, without actually coming in the line of the ball. It was Mehedi Hasan and the tailenders left to ponder upon with 84 runs still needed. Hasan fought brilliantly trying to inch his team as close to the target as possible. He found helping hand in Taijul Islam and Nayeem Hassan, his spin bowling partners, who both gave him company briefly, but got out in bizarre fashion. The former was hit on the pads plumb with bat guarding the pads while the latter didn’t even bother to offer a shot. With all hopes of a win dashed out as the last man, Abu Jayed came on the crease. Mehedi decided to go big and was helped by tow four runs courtesy of byes by Brathwaite. He then hit Cornwall for 25 runs in the next three overs, before one of Warrican’s deliveries bounced more than he expected, catching him wrong fitted on the front foot. It took his gloves and giant-sized Cornwall bent forward, dived and took a brilliant catch in the slip to make sure that Windies claimed the series. While Cornwall got the Man of the Match award, Nkrumah Bonner, who scored crucial 231 runs in the four innings of this series, contributing every time his team was found lacking, got the Man of the Series award.