India vs England 2021: Ravichandran Ashwin smashes his fifth Test century, gets spectators drooling


India vs England 2021: Ravichandran Ashwin smashes his fifth Test century, gets spectators drooling
Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates his century

It is a Test match to remember for Ravichandran Ashwin. A five-wicket haul with the ball and a ton with the bat! There can’t be any better combination for an allrounder.

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The star allrounder took to the crease in a very turbulent situation just when Team India had lost five wickets during the first session of Day 3 in the ongoing second Test match in Chennai.

96-run stand with Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli (left) and Ravi Ashwin (right)

Battling all the crisis, Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Ravi Ashwin jammed a 96-run-partnership to help India sail through the drowning bog. While playing the same, Kohli scored a half-century soon after which Kohli departed on 62.

Ashwin continued batting and clinched his fifth International Test hundred by hitting a four on 99. He got a thick edge that went past over the slips for four.

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With the heroics from Ashwin, he wrote history by scoring a century and taking a fifer in the same match for the third time. He corked all mouths who critiqued of deteriorating poor Chepauk pitch by scoring a defining ton.

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