India's veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin scored a brilliant century on the first day of the Chennai Test. By the end of the first day's play, he returned unbeaten on 102 runs. With this century, he not only rescued Team India from a difficult situation but also broke many records. He equaled the number of centuries scored by former Indian team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Tests. He also left behind Ravi Shastri, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh in terms of hitting sixes in Tests. Not only this, in the current Pakistan cricket team, only Babar Azam is ahead of him in terms of Test centuries.

Ashwin came ahead of many giants

When Ashwin came to bat on the first day of the Test match against Bangladesh, 6 batsmen of Team India were out. Rohit, Virat, Shubman, Pant, Jaiswal and Rahul's wickets fell at a score of just 144. In this difficult situation, batting at number 8, he scored the sixth century of his Test career. With this, he equaled Dhoni's centuries in Tests. Dhoni has also scored 6 centuries in his Test career.

Ashwin hit 10 fours and 2 sixes in his 102 run innings on the first day. He now has a total of 23 sixes in his name in Tests. With this, he has left behind India's legendary batsmen Yuvraj Singh and Rahul Dravid in hitting sixes in Tests. Ashwin has also gone ahead of Ravi Shastri and Cheteshwar Pujara in hitting sixes in Tests. Yuvraj has hit 22 sixes in his Test career, Dravid 21, Ravi Shastri 22 and Pujara 16 sixes.