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On Sunday, September 22, India’s veteran off-spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin etched his name in history books as he equalled late Australian legend, Shane Warne’s record of most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket. The 38-year-old reached this feat at his home ground in Chennai and also became the first player to achieve the feat twice at the same venue, having scored 106 and registering figures of 5/43 against England in Chennai in 2021.
He reached this feat in the 58th over of the final innings of the first Test with Bangladesh’s scoreboard reading 272/6. On the fifth delivery of the 58th over, Ashwin dismissed Mehidy Hasan Miraz with Ravindra Jadeja completing an easy catch. Soon after this, he became the second player to score a century and take five-fer in same Test most times after Ian Botham (5).
While Ashwin’s all-round performance proved to be vital for the hosts to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series, former India captain and batting stalwart, Virat Kohli also did not stay behind to acknowledge Ashwin’s historic feat. After Ashwin’s five-wicket haul, while other players came in to congratulate him, Kohli was seen bowing down to Ashwin, video of which is making rounds on social media.
Watch Virat Kohli bow down to Ashwin after latter equals Shane Warne’s record:
Virat Kohli dances on his way to team huddle during IND vs BAN first Test
Virat Kohli, who is known to be the biggest crowd-puller was seen entertaining the fans with his dance moves. Although the Indian batter did not have a great outing with the bat as he registered scores of six and 17 in the two innings, he did not refrain from entertaining fans. In one of the videos doing rounds on social media, Kohli can be seen bringing his dance moves as he approaches the team huddle.
The right-handed batter in the fresh set of videos can be seen displaying hilarious dance moves as they waited to discuss the plan.
Watch Virat Kohli displaying hilarious dance moves in first Test:
The Men in Blue had a victorious start to their long Test season as they registered comprehensive 280-run win over Bangladesh to go 1-0 up in the series. The Rohit Sharma-led Team India will next take on Bangladesh in the second Test, set to be played from September 27 till October 1 at the Green Park in Kanpur.
