Ravichandran Ashwin’s historic feat in Kanpur Test, reached par with Muralitharan
The second match of the 2-match Test series being played between India and Bangladesh was played at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, which the Indian team won by 7 wickets on the 5th day and has also succeeded in making a clean sweep in this series. . While in the first match of this Test series, Ravichandran Ashwin was amazing with both bat and ball, in the second Test he once again managed to show his magic with the ball. Ashwin has received the Player of the Series award for his excellent performance in the series, in which he has now reached the joint first position along with Sri Lankan legendary player Muttiah Muralitharan.
Ashwin won the Player of the Series award for the 11th time
While Ravichandran Ashwin scored a total of 114 runs with the bat in the 2-match Test series against Bangladesh, he managed to take a total of 11 wickets in bowling. While Ashwin took 2 wickets in the first innings against Bangladesh in the Kanpur Test match, he managed to take 3 wickets in the bowling of the second innings. When he received the Player of the Series award for his all-round performance in this series, it was the 11th Player of the Series award of his Test career. With this, Ashwin also equaled the record of legendary bowler Muttiah Muralitharan. While Ashwin has won this award for the 11th time after playing in 39 Test series, Muttiah Muralitharan was successful in winning this award 11 times after playing in 60 series.
Players who have won the Player of the Series award the most number of times in Test cricket
Muttiah Muralitharan – 11
Ravichandran Ashwin – 11
Jacques Kallis – 8
Shane Warne – 8
Imran Khan – 8
Richard Hadlee – 8
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