Ashwin made many records, India won 5 consecutive Tests against West Indies for the first time

Team India narrowly beat West Indies in the first Test and Rohit Sharma’s men set a new record by defeating them by an innings and 141 runs, after this big win, India have now defeated West Indies five times in a row in Tests Is. for the first time. Yashasvi Jaiswal was declared the player of the match for his beautiful knock of 171 off 387 balls in the first innings of the match. However, the key architect of the victory was R Ashwin, who took 12 wickets in the match.

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There is a series of records that Ashwin and… India set in the first test Vs West Indies. Take a look at some of them.

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1. Most 10 wickets for India

Ashwin has come at par with Anil Kumble’s unbelievable figures here. Both Kumble and Ashwin now have 10 wicket hauls for India on 8 occasions in Tests, followed by Harbhajan Singh, who has taken five wickets.

2. Best bowling figures by an Indian in overseas Tests

With match figures of 12/131 in the first Test against the West Indies at Roseau, Ashwin moved up to the third spot in the list. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar holds the No. 1 spot with figures of 12/104, which was made against Australia in Melbourne in 1977. Irfan Pathan is second with figures of 12/126 against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2005.

Second 5-wicket haul in current Test _

34th 5 wicket haul in Tests _

The feat of taking 10 wickets for the 8th time in Test _

Well done, R Ashwin_ _

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3. Most five wickets in India vs West Indies Test

R Ashwin has gone ahead of Harbhajan Singh here too as he now has 6 five-wicket hauls as compared to Bhajji’s 5. Malcolm Marshall also picked 6 in the India vs West Indies Test.

4. India sets record for most Test wins against West Indies

India have so far won 23 Tests against the West Indies, the most by the Men in Blue against any Test team in the world. The most number of wins by an Indian Test team against any other team is 32, which is a record against an Australian team.

5. Most wickets in IND vs WI Test

R Ashwin is fourth in this list with 72 wickets. Kapil Dev leads the list with 89 wickets, followed by Marshall (76) and Al Kumble (74). Srinivas Venkataraghavan (68) is fifth in the list.

6. India’s innings win outside Asian

This is India’s biggest win in terms of runs outside Asia. Prior to this, their biggest win was by an innings and 92 runs against the West Indies at North Sound in 2016.