India Vs Bangladesh 1st Test, Day 4 Stats: Ravi Ashwin Masterclass And Yet Another Big Win

Ravichandran Ashwin scored 113 runs in India’s first innings and captured six wickets, conceding 88 runs in Bangladesh’s second innings in the first Test between India and Bangladesh at Chepauk, Chennai. (Highlights | Report | More Cricket News)

This is the 37th occasion of a cricketer scoring a century and capturing five or more wickets in the same Test. All 37 occasions are tabulated below:

This also provides the eighth occasion of an Indian cricketer performing such a feat and with it, India now own the record for most such occasions. England have performed such a feat on seven occasions.

Regarding Ashwin, the India all-rounder has performed such a feat on four occasions. He became the second player in Test cricket to perform the feat on four or more occasions. Ian Botham of England has performed the feat on five times - a record.

Ashwin is hence the only spin bowler to score a century and take five or more wickets in a Test on four occasions.

Ashwin’s 6 for 88 in the second innings of this test provides his 37th five-wicket haul and he now shares the second place for most five-wicket hauls by a bowler in Test cricket with Shane Warne of Australia. Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka occupies the first place with 67 five-wicket hauls.

Bangladesh lost the match by 280 runs to provide the tenth occasion of India winning a Test by 250-plus runs on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

India have won 179 Tests and lost 178 Tests. India became the fourth team to win more Tests than lost. Australia, England and Pakistan are the other three teams.

The second India vs Bangladesh at Kanpur's Green Park is scheduled to start on September 27, to be followed by a three-match T20 International series -- on October 6 (Gwalior), October 9 (Delhi) and October 12 (Hyderabad).

The two-match Test series is part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. As things stood, India led the nine-team table with 71.67 PCT (7186 points from 10 matches -- seven wins, one draw and two defeats).

Bangladesh arrived in India after humbling Pakistan in Pakistan, a historic 2-0 series win. They entered the Chennai Test as the fourth-ranked team. But the defeat has left Bangladesh sixth, with 39.29 PCT (33 points from seven matches -- three wins and four defeats).