Chennai:Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin dished out an impressive performance in the first Test against Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram stadium. The veteran cricketer first pulled of a rescue act for the national side in the first innings with a century and then picked a five-wicket haul in the second innings of Bangladesh.
Ashwin joins Shane Warne
The 38-year-old took his 37th five-wicket haul in Test cricket on Sunday. The fifth wicket of his spell came for Ashwin in the 58th over. He bowled a flighted delivery to Mehidy Hasan Miraz and the batter tried to loft it straight down the ground. However, he was caught in the deep by the fielder and that etched his name in the history books.
The Tamil Nadu-based cricketer equalled Shane Warne who has also picked 37 five-fers in Test cricket. Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan is at the top with 67 five-wicket hauls from 133 Test matches. Richard Hadlee and Anil Kumble have 36 and 35 five-wicket hauls to their names respectively.
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