Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin helped India take a 1-0 unassailable lead in the second Test at Nagpur by an innings and 239 runs. It was Virat Kohli, whose 5th double ton set it up for Ravichandran Ashwin to wreck havoc on Day 4. Ravichandran Ashwin picked up 5 wickets in the second innings, in the process becoming the fastest to 300 wickets. India scored 605 runs for 6 in the first innings and then declared.
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The Indian innings comprised of centuries also from Murali Vijay and Rohit Sharma, that also made it the first time that four Indians had scored a century in an innings of a Test match. Virat Kohli has rightly adjudicated the Man of the Match for his brilliant double. This is Virat Kohli’s 19th Test century and his 51st overall ton. This was also the 10th ton in 2017 for Virat Kohli across formats.
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India will now head north to the capital, where they will play the third Test at Feroz Shah Kotla. The selection for the upcoming South African series will take place at Nagpur on November 27.
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Tweets on Ashwin:
300th test wicket at the Jamtha (Nagpur) ,a memorable day. Thank you all_@imVkohli look forward to the next 18 months. pic.twitter.com/hjtdVXndSI
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) November 27, 2017
#RavichandranAshwin overtakes Dennis Lillee to become the fastest to take 300 Test wickets.#IndvsSL
— Sathish Kumar M (@sathishmsk) November 27, 2017
Indian spinner R Ashwin becomes the fastest bowler in Test history to 300 Test wickets in his 55th match. #INDvsSL #RavichandranAshwin
— Aayush Sharma (ANI) (@AayushPrime) November 27, 2017
300 wickets in 54 Tests? Or using ‘augurs’ in the interview?
Wonder which fact about Ashwin impresses me more. #RavichandranAshwin #Ashwin #Ashwin300 #INDvSL— Arunabha Sengupta (@senantix) November 27, 2017
#RavichandranAshwin gets his 300 wicket in tests and the fastest also. #India win the Nagpur test by an innings and 239 innings. #NerolacCricketLive @StarSportsIndia @VVSLaxman281 @MayantiLanger_B
— Adityaraaj Lamba (@IamAdityaraaj7) November 27, 2017
Quality!
216 wkts at home (84 away in 20 Tests)
Not too different from the previous fastest to 300 Dennis Lillee who had a home tally of 231(355)#RavichandranAshwin https://t.co/UreMpMIrbv— Emmad Hameed (@Emmad81) November 27, 2017
#RavichandranAshwin be like! #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/NonP8iVhGL
— News Leak Centre (@NewsLeakCentre) November 27, 2017
Tweets on Virat Kohli:
Congratulations Virat Kohli on your 5th Test double hundred. Been a joy to watch this effortless knock. Vijay, Pujara were brilliant and Rohit looking good as well. #IndvSL
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) November 26, 2017
Thalaivan #ViratKohli is man of the match ___
For his Monstrous 213 _— Mr._________ _ (@thisiskudikaran) November 27, 2017
“Srilanka” is that KV student who can manage to fail in a SUPW test._#INDvSL . #ViratKohli” “Dinesh Chandimal” #Nagpurtest
— Male ‘CHAI’ vinist (@avichal51286) November 27, 2017
Win percent in tests as captain(20+matches) –
Steve Waugh – 71.93%
Don Bradman/ VIRAT KOHLI – 62.50%#INDvSL #ViratKohli #ashwin @cricbuzz @ESPNcricinfo @mohanstatsman— aditya bansal (@adityabansal98) November 27, 2017
and you forgot #viratkohli 14 fifties & 19 Centuries _ even better Conversion rate in his captaincy
— Abhishek Tyagi __ (@abhishektyagi08) November 27, 2017
#GoodNews #ViratKohli equals Brian Lara’s record of most double _ as a captain in test cricket. And he also becames first captain to score 10 centuries in a calendar year. #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/3OH9LCJtXo
— A K Mohapatra (@StarMohapatra) November 27, 2017
300th test wicket at the Jamtha (Nagpur) ,a memorable day. Thank you all_@imVkohli look forward to the next 18 months. pic.twitter.com/hjtdVXndSI
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) November 27, 2017
In the meanwhile, there is a news that is making the rounds that Virat Kohli may not feature in the remainder of the series. That makes it interesting, as eyes will be on who takes over the mantle Virat as the interim captain.
