R Ashwin scored his sixth Test century to help India post 376 in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai after they had slipped to 96 for 4. Here are all the stats highlights about Ashwin's rescue acts, his partnership with Ravindra Jadeja, and how the Bangladesh quicks stepped up again.
4 - Hundreds for Ashwin while batting at No. 8 in Test cricket. These are the second-most hundreds while batting at No. 8 or lower in Tests, behind Daniel Vettori's five.
195 - Runs Jadeja and Ashwin added on the first day, the most by any pair for the seventh wicket or lower on the opening day of a Test match. The previous highest was 186 by Vettori and Jesse Ryder for the seventh wicket against India in 2009 in Hamilton.
5 - The number of seventh-wicket partnerships coming from a total of less than 150 in Tests, that were higher than Jadeja and Ashwin's partnership of 199. Their stand is now the highest for India, bettering the 186 by Dilip Sardesai and Eknath Solkar against West Indies in 1971 after India were six down for 70.
5 - Players with multiple hundreds and multiple five-plus wicket hauls at a single venue in men's Tests, including Ashwin at Chepauk. Kapil Dev also had two tons and two five-fors in Tests at Chepauk. Garry Sobers and Ian Botham had this double at Headingley, while Chris Cairns did it at Eden Park.
10 - Instances of batters scoring a century on the first day of a Test match while batting at No. 8 or lower, including Ashwin's knock on Thursday. The previous highest score by an Indian while batting at No. 8 or lower on the first day of a Test was 73 by Salim Durani against England in 1964.
6 - Test matches at home for Yashasvi Jaiswal. He has scored a 50-plus score in all those six. Only three other players have had 50-plus scores in each of their first six Test matches at home - Mominul Haque (nine), Mark Richardson (eight) and Saud Shakeel (six). The previous most consecutive Tests at home from debut with at least one 50-plus score for India was five by Rusi Modi.
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3 - Fast bowlers with five-plus wicket hauls at Chepauk in men's Tests since 1986, including Hasan Mahmud's effort on Friday. Venkatesh Prasad took a six-wicket haul against Pakistan in 1999, while James Pattinson took a five-for against India in 2013.
9 - Wickets for Bangladesh pace bowlers in India's first innings. These are the most wickets by a visiting team's fast bowlers in a men's Test innings against India since 2012, when the New Zealand quicks took all ten in India's first innings in Bengaluru.
4 - Instances of India with ten caught dismissals in a men's Test innings at home. The two recent instances have come at Chepauk, with the previous one in 2021 against England.