IND vs BAN | Twitter spellbound as Chennai crowd erupts after local lad Ashwin greets Shakib with biggie

Being put to bat first against the will under overcast Chennai conditions, the Indian top order failed to deliver against the Bangladesh pacers. Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli were removed thick and fast in the first session before Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal rebuilt the innings with a 62-run fourth wicket stand. Although a 48-run stand followed, a couple of wickets midway through the second session curtailed India to 144/6 and brought the tourists back into the game. Unfettered by the setbacks, Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja counterattacked the opposition with a six against Shakib being the talk of the town. 

Almost ten overs after the fall of the sixth wicket, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto summoned Shakib Al Hasan against the Indian all-round duo. He was greeted with a four on the first ball by Jadeja before a single changed the strike and brought Ashwin into play. The local guy bent forward to slog a fuller delivery from around the wicket at the stumps and sent the white rock over the ropes for a six over deep mid wicket. Seeing the 37-year-old flourish against the Bangladeshi veteran on the first ball he faced, the Twitterverse could not shy away from appreciating him.

What a shot!

The @ashwinravi99 - @imjadeja partnership has grown from strength to strength and it is nearing 100.



Watch how they dominated the Bangladesh bowling attack.



Live - https://t.co/jV4wK7BgV2 #INDvBANAN @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/Lfmw0NgcGP

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 19, 2024

Legend

Bangladesh watching Ashwin and Jadeja walk out after dragging India down for 6 wickets. pic.twitter.com/zh3ybjWuqD

— Heisenberg ☢ (@internetumpire) September 19, 2024

King pair

Opponents celebrate 6 wickets against India at home just to see Jadeja & Ashwin coming in at 7-8 and beat the shit out of them

— arfan (@Im__Arfan) September 19, 2024

Nope

BAN : India is 6 wickets down, there will be a collapse



Le Ashwin & Jadeja : pic.twitter.com/SoMbEdl9TC

— Harshhh! (@Harsh_humour) September 19, 2024

Clutch 

Ashwin as a test batter in Chepauk pic.twitter.com/eZIIGsM7th

— Anurag Verma (@wc_winners_29_6) September 19, 2024

Too difficult

From 144/6 to 256/6.... Bangladesh couldn’t even break R Ashwin & R Jadeja's wicket...#INDvBAN

— Mushfiqur Rahim Fan Club (@mushfiqurfc) September 19, 2024

6 down

Ravichandran Ashwin Hits 50 As 6-Down India Near 250 vs Bangladesh.

Well played Ashwin🇮🇳😍 #Ashwin #TestCricket #IndVsBan pic.twitter.com/d2AMw0BmXv

— Bhati Kalpesh (@bhatikalpes) September 19, 2024

Back in the game

#HasanMahmud collapsed #TeamIndia’s top order. It’s 96/4 when he took his 4th wicket.



India 🇮🇳 255-6, Ashwin 63*, Jadeja 43*



Ashwin-Jadeja P’ship 106(118)



Hasan Mahmud 4/51

Jaiswal 56(118)#1stTest #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/YlxDCnT7GY

— ᏰᏗᏝᏗ (@balakoteswar) September 19, 2024

Good going

100 Runs partnership between Ashwin and Jadeja.



India 248/6

-Ashwin 59*

-Jadeja 42*#IndVsBan #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/dNkginuHDY

— Inside out (@INSIDDE_OUT) September 19, 2024

True

This right here (Jadeja's and Ashwin's batting) is the reason why India is soooo difficult to beat at home

From 147-6 to now 237-6 and still going strong, a little early to say but this can easily be the partnership that will cost Bangladesh the match🙂#INDvBAN#BANvsIND

— Faiz Rajpoot (@FaizRajpoot00) September 19, 2024