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Ashwin, Jadeja Spin India to 280-Run Win

Ashwin, who was adjudged Player of the match, claimed a five-fer with his match-winning century at his home as Gautam Gambhir’s first Test as India’s head coach starts with an emphatic win…reports Asian Lite News

Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja spun the web around the Bangladesh batters as India defeated the visitors by 280 runs to win the first Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, here on Sunday.

Ashwin (6-88), who was adjudged Player of the match, claimed a five-fer with his match-winning century at his home as Gautam Gambhir’s first Test as India’s head coach starts with an emphatic win.

Resuming from 158/4, skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto and Shakib al-Hasan, the overnight batters, showed a bit of resistance in the first hour and remained unscathed as they added 36 runs in a wicketless hour of the morning, but Bumrah and Siraj kept things tight till the drinks break.

Then came the local lad Ashiwn into the attack after the drinks and struck in his first over of the day, removing Shakib for 25 and broke the 48-run stand. The tourists slipped from 205/5 to 234/10 with the two spinners — Ashwin and Jadeja — ruling the roost. The spin twin shared nine wickets between them. While Jadeja picked three wickets, Ashwin finished with a fifer in addition to his century on the opening day.

Then, Jadeja removed Litton Das as Bangladesh were six down. He bowled a full length delivery outside off stump, Das came forward to defend it but got an outside edge which fell safely into the hands of the Indian Skipper at first slip.

Later, Ashwin completed his fifer with a wicket of Hasan Miraz, reducing Bangladesh to 222/7. This was the seventh five-fer for Ashwin in the fourth innings of Tests and joint second most alongside Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralidaran and only behind Rangana Herath’s 12.

Jadeja denied Shanto a century as he dismissed the skipper for 82, reducing Bangladesh to 222-8. Shanto tried to slash the ball on the rise but got a top edge. Bumrah went to the right from extra cover and held his balance to complete a fine catch.

Ashwin again joined the party and claimed his sixth wicket after dismissing Taskin Ahmed and India were just a wicket away to go 1-0 in the series. It was Jajeda, who put the last nail in the coffin, picking up the final wicket as he cleaned up Hasan Mahmud and India sealed the win in the first Test to lead the two-match series 1-0.

Earlier, India found themselves in trouble at 144/6 on a seam-friendly pitch in the first innings. Ashwin then stepped in and batted with confidence, notching up his 6th Test century. His vital 199-run partnership with Jadeja helped India recover and post a total of 376.

Then, Bangladesh were skittled out for 149 in 1.5 session with the fifty partnership between Shakib and Litton being the only highlight of their batting.

India did not force a follow-on; instead, centuries from Shubman Gill (119) and Rishabh Pant (109) led India to set Bangladesh a massive 515 run target. The visitors got off to a decent start with their openers being involved in a half-century partnership. They lost four wickets in the final session on day 3.

Brief score: India 376 and 287/4 dec in 64 overs (R. Ashwin 113, Ravindra Jadeja 86, Shubman Gill 119 not out, Rishabh Pant 109; Hasan Mahmud 5-83) beat Bangladesh 149 and 234 (Najmul Hossain Shanto 82, Shadman Islam 35; Ravichandran Ashwin 6-88, Jadeja 3-58) by 280 runs

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Jadeja Brilliance Lifts CSK to Victory

Jadeja’s spell turned the game on its head, while Simarjeet Singh and Tushar Deshpande returned with figures of 2-16 and 2-35 respectively to derail PBKS’ chase…reports Asian Lite News

Veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja stood tall when it mattered the most for Chennai Super Kings by hitting an unbeaten 43 and taking 3-20 in a decisive middle-overs spell as the defending champions jumped to third place in the points table after beating Punjab Kings by 28 runs at the HPCA Stadium here on Sunday afternoon.

In the start, CSK were restricted to 167/9, thanks to three-fers from Rahul Chahar and Harshal Patel. PBKS were on course to chase down the total by reaching 62/2 in 7.5 overs. But they suffered a batting meltdown to be reduced to 90/8 and eventually ended up with 139/9.

Jadeja’s spell turned the game on its head, while Simarjeet Singh and Tushar Deshpande returned with figures of 2-16 and 2-35 respectively to derail PBKS’ chase. Mitchell Santner and Shardul Thakur also took a wicket each to ensure CSK, despite being hit by injuries in their bowling line-up, got back into the top four of the points table.

On a slightly two-paced pitch, CSK were cruising at 69/1 in seven overs and seemed to be on course for a 200-plus score. But Chahar’s 3-23, including two wickets in the eighth over, and Harshal’s 3-24 ensured CSK fell way short of an imposing total, despite Jadeja’s 43 not out off 26 balls.

CSK were dealt an early blow when Ajinkya Rahane looked to flick off Arshdeep Singh but hit straight to mid-wicket. Daryl Mitchell began by pulling and lofting with panache to collect four and six respectively off Arshdeep.

Ruturaj Gaikwad cut loose in the last over of the Power-play by smashing three fours to take 19 runs off Harpreet Brar as CSK finished the Power-play at 60/1. But Chahar applied the brakes on CSK’s run-scoring by taking out Gaikwad and Shivam Dube on successive deliveries -– both nicking behind to keeper.

Harshal landed another huge blow to CSK by trapping Mitchell lbw with a nip-backer keeping low. Mitchell went for the review immediately, but replays showed the ball clipping leg-stump. Jadeja and Moeen Ali hit two fours each before the latter top-edged a pull to a short fine leg off a back-of-the-hand slower delivery from Sam Curran.

Chahar got his third wicket when Santner holed out to long-on. Shardul Thakur hit two fours and a six off Curran and Chahar, followed by Jadeja slog-sweeping the latter for six to get quick runs at the end for CSK.

But Harshal had other ideas — castling Thakur and M.S. Dhoni on successive deliveries with slower off-cutters. Jadeja hit Arshdeep for four and six on the first three balls of the final over, before the fast-bowler took the batter out with a slower knuckle ball outside the off-stump and miscued a pull to long-on, as CSK ended three runs short of 170.

CSK had a bright start to their defense of 168 when Deshpande castled Jonny Bairstow with a straighter delivery and followed it up by beating Rilee Rossouw for pace to knock over his stumps. Both of his dismissals came on length balls and seam movement aiding him to make the double-strike.

Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh hit eight boundaries between themselves before Santner pulled his length back a little bit to have the latter hole out to long-on. That triggered a batting implosion for PBKS as Prabhsimran holed out to extra cover off Jadeja and Jitesh Sharma nicked behind off impact player Simarjeet.

Though Ashutosh Sharma was dropped early on, he was hit twice on the body by Simarjeet. The pressure built by CSK gave them rewards when Jadeja had Sam Curran holing out to long-on and Ashutosh gave a catch to short third man. Simarjeet’s persistence paid off when Harshal miscued a pull to mid-wicket, as PBKS were reduced to 90/8.

Chahar and Brar tried to delay the inevitable by hitting five boundaries collectively before Thakur hit the former’s off-stump while going for a scoop. The pacer gave away just seven runs in the final over to ensure CSK got a vital win to be in contention for the playoffs.

Brief scores:

Chennai Super Kings 167/9 in 20 overs (Ravindra Jadeja 43, Ruturaj Gaikwad 32; Rahul Chahar 3-23, Harshal Patel 3-24) beat Punjab Kings 133/9 in 20 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 30, Shashank Singh 27; Ravindra Jadeja 3-20, Simarjeet Singh 2-16) by 28 runs

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