India vs England: Ashwin's Record-Breaking Test, Virat Kohli Creates An Unwanted Stat

India defeated England in the 2nd test match played at Chennai by 317 runs on Tuesday. R Ashwin got awarded man of the match for his all-round performance in front of his home crowd. 

Here are the top records made during the India vs England 2nd test match:

1) Rohit Sharma surpassed legendary Sunil Gavaskar when he hit his 35th International hundred as an opener. He is now at the third spot behind Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag with most centuries across formats while opening the batting. 

2) Virat Kohli, for the very first time in his international career, got out for a duck to a spinner. Moeen Ali dismissed Virat on the fifth delivery of his first innings on day 1. 

3) England did not concede a single extra run in their bowling in the first innings. India’s score of 329 is the highest innings total in Test matches without any extra runs. Previously, India held this record for their bowling performance against Pakistan in Lahore Test 1955 when they conceded 328 runs without giving any extras. 

4) Ravichandran Ashwin became the first-ever bowler in Test history to take 200 wickets against Left-handed batsmen. Ashwin went past Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan, who had 191 left-handed victims in Test cricket.

5) Ravichandran Ashwin surpassed Harbhajan Singh's 265 test wickets in India. He has now 271 wickets in India and is only behind Anil Kumble (350 wickets) in terms of most Test wickets in India. He is at fifth spot among spinners with most Test wickets at home.

6) Ashwin hit his third Test century while batting at number eight. He has gone past MS Dhoni, Kapil Dev, and Harbhajan Singh in terms of hitting most centuries batting at number 8 for India; they all had scored two at this position. Overall, Daniel Vettori has hit most hundreds - 4 - while batting at number 8.

7) This was the third instance of Ashwin scoring a century and picking up a fifer in the same Test match. He is now only behind Ian Botham in this regard who achieved this double 5 times in his Test career.

8) Axar Patel is only the second left-arm spinner to take a five-wicket haul on a Test debut against England. Before this, Australia’s Jack Saunders (1902) and Alf Valentine of West Indies in 1950 had achieved this. 

9) The win was India’s biggest win by runs against England in Tests. The previous biggest win for India against England was by 279 runs at Leeds in 1986.
Biggest Test wins for India (by runs)
337 vs SA Delhi 2015/16
321 vs NZ Indore 2016/17
320 vs Aus Mohali 2008/09
318 vs WI North Sound 2019
317 vs Eng Chennai 2020/21