Ravichandran Ashwin narrowly misses out on monumental feat, Axar Patel makes a debut to recollect
2 min read Ravichandran Ashwin, who was named the Player of the Match, and Moeen Ali narrowly missed out on some historic landmarks on the fourth and ultimate day of the 2nd India vs England Test in Chennai as India received by 317 runs to attract the sequence degree at 1-1 and to overhaul England on the WTC factors desk.
– Ashwin scored a century and took 8 wickets within the Test — India’s spin cartel accounted for a complete of 17 wickets within the match — narrowly lacking out on the uncommon feat of a century and 10-wicket haul double. The previous few wickets within the England second innings went to Ashwin’s spin companions Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav.
Only 4 gamers have achieved this double — Alan Davidson, Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Shakib al Hasan. Ashwin narrowly missed out on being the primary Indian all-rounder to file this feat.
Superb character and combating spirit on show.🙌 Well carried out boys. The focus is now on the following one. 🇮🇳💪 pic.twitter.com/TEVceiOhYM
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) February 16, 2021
– England’s Moeen Ali additionally missed out on a landmark throughout his entertaining cameo in the previous few minutes of the match. He was the final wicket to fall, after a 18-ball 43, which included 5 sixes and three fours. For some time, it had appeared like he would break the file for the quickest Test 50, which file is at present held by Misbah ul Haq for having scored a fifty in 21 balls.
– Axar Patel is just the second left-arm spinner to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut towards England since Australia’s Jack Saunders did so in 1902. The different was Alf Valentine for West Indies in 1950.
Spinners taking five-fer on Test debut for India5/64 – VV Kumar v Pak, Delhi 1960/616/103 – D Doshi v Aus, Chennai 1979/808/61 & 8/75 – N Hirwani v WI, Chennai 1987/885/71 – Amit Mishra v Aus, Mohali 2008/096/47 – R Ashwin v WI, Delhi 2011/125/41 – Axar Patel v Eng, Chennai 2020/21
– The win was India’s largest win by runs towards England in Tests. The earlier largest win for India towards England was by 279 runs at Leeds in 1986.
Biggest Test wins for India (by runs)337 vs SA Delhi 2015/16321 vs NZ Indore 2016/17320 vs Aus Mohali 2008/09318 vs WI North Sound 2019317 vs Eng Chennai 2020/21
– The defeat ended England’s 6-match successful streak away from dwelling. The defeat was additionally their largest defeat in Asia by way of runs. Previously the largest margin had been a 246-run defeat to India in 2016/17.
