Ravichandran Ashwin

Before probably spinning a web around the Bangladeshi batters, spin-duo of Ravichandran Ashwin (58) and Kuldeep Yadav (40) shared a 92-run partnership for ...

West Indies Wanting to hit his counterpart Mehidy Hasan Miraz down the ground, Ashwin missed out on making contact with the ball only to get stumped by Bangladesh wicket-keeper Nurul Hasan. Ashwin, who hit two fours and sixes each at a strike rate of 51.32, looked assured for most part of his innings.

While keepers teasing the batter by waiting to dislodge the bails is nothing new, Nural Hasan perhaps took a wee bit longer. In fact, Ashwin almost reached ...

India got off to a wonderful start with the ball as Mohammed Siraj dismissed Bangladesh opener Najmul Hossain Shanto for a golden duck in the first ball of the innings. But thankfully, Hasan whipped the bails off just in time to send the India all-rounder back for a well-made 58. Ravichandran Ashwin defied Bangladesh's attack to hit 58, the third half-century in the India innings after Cheteshwar Pujara's 90 and Shreyas Iyer's 86. The India all-rounder was nowhere near getting the bat to the ball. While keepers teasing the batter by waiting to dislodge the bails is nothing new, Nural Hasan perhaps took a wee bit longer. The experienced right-hander went on to score 90 - the top score in India's first innings.

Keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik recently spoke about how he has often had conversations about batting with Ravichandran Ashwin in the past.

He added: "You could see that when he came to the crease, he was very sure of himself. He pointed out how the right-handed batter has performed admirably with the bat, even in challenging conditions in Australia and England. The 37-year-old went on to say that Ashwin has also been working hard to become an improved batter in white-ball cricket. However, he contributed significantly with the bat, scoring 58 runs to help his side post a total of 404 in the first innings. He mentioned that the spinner has, on several occasions, bailed out Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket with his batting exploits.