Bangladesh Tour India Tests September–October 2024: India Win 2–0 — Ashwin Century and 6/88 Chennai Player of Match, Ashwin Surpasses Kumble 420 Wickets in Asia, Jaiswal 189 Runs, Bumrah and Ashwin 11 Wickets Each, Pant 109 Gill 119 India 2nd Innings Chennai

India won the 2-Test series against Bangladesh 2–0 in September–October 2024 — a comprehensive home series victory that produced one of Ravichandran Ashwin's finest individual match performances and a significant personal milestone during the 2nd Test. 1st Test Chennai (September 19–22, 2024): India won by 280 runs. India scored 376 in the 1st innings — Ashwin contributing 113 with the bat at his home ground, the MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk) in Chennai, where he had long been a favourite of the crowd. India then declared at 287/4 in the 2nd innings: Rishabh Pant struck 109 and Shubman Gill made 119, twin hundreds that allowed India to set an insurmountable target. Bangladesh, having been bowled out for 149 in their 1st innings — conceding a lead of 227 runs — needed to bat through the 3rd and 4th days in the 2nd innings to draw the match. Ashwin's 6/88 in Bangladesh's 2nd innings of 234 (Najmul Hossain Shanto resisting with 82) ended the match: Bangladesh were dismissed for 234, losing by 280 runs. Ashwin's match — 113 runs and 6/88 wickets — made him only the second player in Test history after Ian Botham to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in a Test in their hometown, at their home ground. He was named Player of the Match. 2nd Test Kanpur (September 27–October 1, 2024): India won by 7 wickets. India declared their 1st innings at 285/9; Bangladesh replied with 233. India then reduced Bangladesh to 146 in the 2nd innings, setting themselves a chase of just 95 runs — which they reached at 98/3 to win by 7 wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal made 72 and 51 across the two innings and was named Player of the Match for his consistency as India's batting anchor. During the Kanpur Test, Ashwin took his 420th wicket in Asia — dismissing Shanto for 31 to pass Anil Kumble's record of 419 wickets in Asia, the most wickets ever taken by an India bowler on Asian pitches. Ashwin's milestone confirmed his status as India's most prolific wicket-taker in home conditions in the post-Kumble era. Series statistics: Ashwin was named Player of the Series (11 wickets and 114 runs across both Tests); Jasprit Bumrah also took 11 wickets with his pace contributing alongside Ashwin's spin in the series. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 189 runs as India's leading batter; Najmul Hossain Shanto scored 152 for Bangladesh; Mehidy Hasan Miraz took 9 wickets for Bangladesh.

Ashwin's Chennai Performance: Century and Six-Wicket Haul at Home

Ravichandran Ashwin's match performance in the 1st Test at Chennai — 113 runs and 6/88 — was remarkable not just for its statistical quality but for its context: the Chepauk stadium in Chennai is Ashwin's home ground, where he began his cricket career for Tamil Nadu and where the crowd has always celebrated him most intensely. Ashwin's century in the 1st innings was made at a strike rate befitting a genuine batting contribution (not mere tail-end blocking), demonstrating that his batting had matured considerably since his early career. His 6/88 in Bangladesh's 2nd innings — exploiting the Chepauk surface's turn and the Chennai heat that drained the visiting batters' concentration over a hot afternoon — was a clinical spell that ended Bangladesh's realistic hopes of a draw. The combination of century and five-wicket haul in the same Test is rare in cricket history: Ian Botham achieved it five times, making him uniquely prolific in the achievement. Ashwin's version in Chennai — in his hometown — added a sentimental dimension that made the performance particularly celebrated in Tamil Nadu. Rishabh Pant's 109 and Shubman Gill's 119 in India's 2nd innings were the complementary performances that gave Ashwin enough runs to work with: the twin centuries set Bangladesh a target of over 500 and made the match a formality by the time Ashwin's bowling wrapped it up.

Ashwin Surpasses Kumble's Asian Wickets Record in Kanpur

Ashwin's 420th wicket in Asia — dismissing Shanto in the Kanpur 2nd Test — was one of the most significant personal milestones in Indian Test cricket history. Anil Kumble had long held the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Asian conditions: 419 wickets across Tests played in the Asian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and other Asian nations). Kumble's record reflected his dominance on subcontinental pitches from the early 1990s to 2008 — pitches that suit leg-spin bowling's wider turn-from-rough strategy. Ashwin's achievement of 420 in surpassing Kumble came through a combination of prolific home Test cricket (India have played extensively in Asia since Ashwin's debut in 2011), Ashwin's exceptional consistency on turning pitches, and his ability to take wickets in partnerships across different types of opponents and conditions. At the time of the record, Ashwin was still active in Test cricket and continuing to add to his tally, suggesting the gap between his record and any future challenger would eventually widen significantly. The milestone was also notable in that it came against Bangladesh — a side Ashwin had historically dismissed many times over, playing India's home series against them several times. Jasprit Bumrah's 11-wicket series haul alongside Ashwin confirmed that India's combination of world-class off-spin and express pace bowling made them formidable in home conditions during the 2024 series.