Ravichandran Aswhin has given India's fans reasons
to rejoice after his stupendous all-round act in the
Mumbai Test.
The off-spinner took 5-156 and 4-34, and also
scored 103 batting at No. 8. He is just the fifth cricketer in Test history to
score a hundred and take nine wickets in a game.
The others:
|
No |
Player |
Team |
Oppn |
Runs |
Wkts |
Ground |
Mon/Year |
|
1 |
IT Botham |
Eng |
Ind |
114 |
13-106 |
Mumbai |
Feb 1980 |
|
2 |
Imran Khan |
Eng |
Ind |
117 |
11-180 |
Faisalabad |
Jan 1983 |
|
3 |
JH Sinclair |
SAF |
Eng |
106 |
9-89 |
Cape Town |
Apr 1899 |
|
4 |
R Benaud |
Aus |
SAF |
100 |
9-154 |
Johannesburg |
Feb 1958 |
Rare All-round Act
Ashwin's
performance would whet the appetite of those who've been waiting for the
arrival of a genuine Indian all-rounder.
His
rare act of a hundred and a fiver in a Test has been done only by 19 other
cricketers.
The
last time it happened in India was in 1980, interestingly at the same venue, by
Ian Botham.
The 27 occasions of a hundred and a fiver are listed
as thus:
|
No |
Player |
Bat |
Bowl |
Team |
Oppn |
Ground |
Mon/Year |
|
1 |
JH Sinclair |
106 |
6/026 |
SAF |
Eng |
Cape Town |
Apr 1899 |
|
2 |
GA Faulkner |
123 |
5/120 |
SAF |
Eng |
Johannesburg |
Jan 1910 |
|
3 |
C Kelleway |
114 |
5/033 |
Aus |
SAF |
Manchester |
May 1912 |
|
4 |
JM Gregory |
100 |
7/069 |
Aus |
Eng |
Melbourne |
Dec 1920 |
|
5 |
MH Mankad |
184 |
5/196 |
Ind |
Eng |
Lord's |
Jun 1952 |
|
6 |
DS Atkinson |
219 |
5/056 |
Win |
Aus |
Bridgetown |
May 1955 |
|
7 |
KR Miller |
109 |
6/107 |
Aus |
Win |
Kingston |
Jun 1955 |
|
8 |
R Benaud |
100 |
5/084 |
Aus |
SAF |
Johannesburg |
Feb 1958 |
|
9 |
OG Smith |
100 |
5/090 |
Win |
Ind |
Delhi |
Feb 1959 |
|
10 |
PR Umrigar |
172* |
5/107 |
Ind |
Win |
Port of Spain |
Apr 1962 |
|
11 |
GS Sobers |
104 |
5/063 |
Win |
Ind |
Kingston |
Apr 1962 |
|
12 |
BR Taylor |
105 |
5/086 |
NZl |
Ind |
Kolkata |
Mar 1965 |
|
13 |
GS Sobers |
174 |
5/041 |
Win |
Eng |
Leeds |
Aug 1966 |
|
14 |
Mushtaq Mohd |
201 |
5/049 |
Pak |
NZl |
Dunedin |
Feb 1973 |
|
15 |
AW Greig |
148 |
6/164 |
Eng |
Win |
Bridgetown |
Mar 1974 |
|
16 |
Mushtaq Mohd |
121 |
5/028 |
Pak |
Win |
Port of Spain |
Apr 1977 |
|
17 |
IT Botham |
103 |
5/073 |
Eng |
NZl |
Christchurch |
Feb 1978 |
|
18 |
IT Botham |
108 |
8/034 |
Eng |
Pak |
Lord's |
Jun 1978 |
|
19 |
IT Botham |
114 |
6/058, 7/048 |
Eng |
Ind |
Mum-WS |
Feb 1980 |
|
20 |
IT Botham |
149* |
6/095 |
Eng |
Aus |
Leeds |
Jul 1981 |
|
21 |
Imran Khan |
117 |
6/098, 5/082 |
Pak |
Ind |
Faisalabad |
Jan 1983 |
|
22 |
IT Botham |
138 |
5/059 |
Eng |
NZl |
Wellington |
Jan 1984 |
|
23 |
Wasim Akram |
123 |
5/100 |
Pak |
Aus |
Adelaide |
Jan 1990 |
|
24 |
PA Strang |
106* |
5/212 |
Zim |
Pak |
Sheikhupura |
Oct 1996 |
|
25 |
JH Kallis |
110 |
5/090 |
SAF |
Win |
Cape Town |
Jan 1999 |
|
26 |
JH Kallis |
139* |
5/021 |
SAF |
Ban |
Potchefstroom |
Oct 2002 |
|
27 |
R Ashwin |
103 |
5/156 |
Ind |
Win |
Mum-WS |
Nov 2011 |
Ashwin is just the third Indian cricketer to
perform this feat. Only Vinoo Mankad and Polly Umrigar have done it before.
The table above carries some of cricket's greatest
heavyweights: Sobers, Botham, Imran, Kallis, and many others.
Should Ashwin's
fans be excited? Or is it too early to judge him?
