IND vs BAN 1st Test: After Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin Too Equals MS Dhoni's Test Record

IND vs BAN 1st Test: India are taking on Bangladesh in a two-match Test series. The series opener is being played at the Chepauk, aka the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. This is India's last leg of their World Test Championship 2025 cycle and they have 10 more Test matches to play. Five at home against Bangladesh (2) and New Zealand (3) and five against Australia in Australia, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

R Ashwin Equals MS Dhoni 's Unique Test Record

Ravichandran Ashwin , the local boy of Chennai made the most of his Chepauk knowledge and scored a stellar hundred off his own bat. India at one point in time were reeling at 144/6, but Ashwin came out with a positive intent and hammered the Bangladesh bowlers all across the park. Ashwin played a quickfire innings and scored 100* runs off 108 deliveries. Courtesy of Ashwin's innings and his 195 run partnership with Ravindra Jadeja, India registered a total of 339/6 at the close of Day 1's play.

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Ashwin scored his second Test century at the Chepauk and has equalled MS Dhoni and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's record who also have the same number of centuries on this particular venue. Earlier in the day, Rishabh Pant also equalled MS Dhoni 's record and became only the second wicketkeeper-batter to score over 4000 runs in Test cricket.

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Ravichandran Ashwin Credits Jadeja

'Always special to play here. Last time I got a hundred here, you [Ravi Shastri] were the coach, thanks for that. Because I'm coming off a T20 tournament, I've always been giving the ball a waft. But on a surface like this, it's better to go hard like Rishabh does. It's an old-school Chennai surface with bounce and carry.When there is width, you can give it a tonk. Jadeja was of real help, there was a point where I was sweating and tiring but Jaddu helped me through the phase. He's been solid and one of our best batters. He told me we don't have to convert twos into threes, which helped me.', said Ashwin after the end of the day's play