For the fourth time, Ashwin had a hundred and a five-fer in the same Test ©AFP
India completed the formalities winning the opening Test of the 2023/24 home season against Bangladesh in Chennai well before lunch, thumping the visitors by a mammoth 280 runs. Stats highlights from the win:
179-178 Win-Loss record for India in their 92-year old Test cricket journey. This is the first time they have had the number of wins exceeding the number of defeats. In their 580th Test, India became the seventh team to achieve the feat after Australia (Inaugural Test), Afghanistan (third Test), Pakistan (16th), England (23rd), West Indies (99th), and South Africa (340th). New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, & Ireland are yet to achieve the feat.
280 runs The winning margin of 280 runs by India is the third best for a side in Tests in Asia after being reduced to 150 or fewer for the loss of six wickets in the first innings of the Test. Pakistan beat India by 341 runs
