Compiled By Sanjeev Kumar Patro
Bhubaneswar: The win at Chepauk against Bangladesh has earned the Indian Cricket Team a rare feat for the first time in the test cricket history of India. This has been Indian team’s 179th test win. The Chennai win drive them past the matches they lost (178).
As per a report in ESPN, India is now among the five teams with a positive win-loss record in men’s tests. The other teams are:
- Australia – Played 866 tests, Won – 414 l Lost – 232
- England – Played 1077 tests, Won – 397, Lost – 325
- South Africa – Played 466, Won – 179, Lost – 161
- Pakistan – Played 458, Won – 148, Lost 144
- INDIA – Played 580, Won – 179, Lost – 178
The statistics released reveals England tops the test playing nations with largest number of matches in its kitty, Australia second, India and West Indies at Number 3 with 580 matches each.
DICING THE RECORD
A report by Cricbuzz suggests that India became the 7th team in the world test cricket history to score a win/loss ratio of more than atleast once in their cricket history. But Indian team took the maximum number of matches to record this feat. A glance at the illustrious club below: W/L ratio of greater than 1
- Australia - 1
- Afghanistan – 3
- Pakistan – 16
- England – 22
- West Indies – 99
- South Africa – 340
- India - 580
The team has waited for 92 years to achieve this rare feat.
ASHWIN EQUALS WARNE
A statistical report by ESPN shows that the dynamic all round performance by R Ashwin has earned him a record achievement. The spinner at Chepauk had his 37th 5-wicket haul equalling Shane Warne’s feat of 37 5-wicket haul in 273 innings in test cricket history. Muthaih Muralitharan leads big with 67 such hauls playing 290 innings.
R Ashwin achieved this record feat in his 191th innings. Ashwin is 38-years, the age at which the legendary Sri Lankan spinner bid goodbye to international cricket. The record of gigantic five-wicket haul by Muralitharan seems unsurpassable, as he had played 290 innings at the age of 38 versus only 191 by Ashwin.
