A look at the stats highlights from a special performance by R Ashwin at the Chennai Test.
Ashwin was the show-stopper for India on the third day as he played a knock of 106 runs and then bagged a crucial wicket of opener Rory Burns (25). Ravichandran Ashwin notched up his 5th Test century, first against West Indies.
Ashwin had to wait for almost five years to get a three-figure mark in the longest format after his knock of 118 against the West Indies at Gros Islet in 2016. This was also Ashwin's first fifty-plus score at home since December 2016.
He continued his good form on Day 4 as he sent back Daniel Lawrence for 26 courtesy of Rishabh Pant's exceptional stumping. Ashwin struck again after drinks and this time it was his favourite Ben Stokes who was sent back for just 8.
A look at the stats highlights from a special performance by R Ashwin at the Chennai Test.
1. On scoring a century and taking 10 wickets in a Test
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Only three players - Botham, Imran Khan and Shakib - have scored a century and taken 10 wickets in a Test match.
Ashwin would have joined the trio but was two wickets short. Ashwin scored 106 runs in the 2nd innings and took a total of eight wickets.
2. R Ashwin scoring a century and taking a five-for in a Test
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Before the ongoing Chennai Test, Ashwin had achieved this feat twice against West Indies, in Mumbai in 2011, and in North Sound in 2016.
India had won the Test in 2016 by an innings and 92 runs, while the Mumbai game had ended in a memorable draw. This was Ashwin's third instance of scoring a century and taking a five-for in a Test.
Ony Ian Botham is the player who did it five times in his 102-Test career - twice each in England and New Zealand, and once in India.
The other four allrounders have achieved this feat two times - Garry Sobers, Mushtaq Mohammad, Jacques Kallis, and Shakib Al Hasan.
3. Only three Indians have achieved this double in a Test.
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Only three Indians who have achieved this double in a Test. Vinoo Mankad scored 184 and 72 and took 5 for 196 in England's first innings at Lord's in 1952.
Polly Umrigar had also made 172 not out and 56 and took 5 for 107 against West Indies in Port-of-Spain in 1962.
However, both those efforts came in defeats. Among the 33 instances of players achieving this feat, the batting aggregates for Mankad (256) and Umrigar (228) are first and third in the list.
4. Test centuries for Ashwin when batting at No. 8
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The Indian all-rounder has three Test centuries when batting at No. 8. Only Daniel Vettori has scored more hundreds when batting at No. 8 or lower. He has four tons at No. 8, and one at No. 9.
5. The last time a player achieved the feat was in 2016
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It was in 2016, a player had achieved the feat before Ashwin did it in the ongoing Chennai Test.
West Indies all-rounder Roston Chase took 5 for 147, and scored an unbeaten 137 in the second innings, against India in Kingston in 2016.
In the previous Test, Ashwin had achieved this double in North Sound and had scored 113 and took 7 for 83.
