00:00Very healthy average for someone who's batting at number 8. 26. It's not something he'll be very happy though because
00:06he fancies himself a little bit more than that as a batter. 3,300 runs.
00:13Oh lovely. In some way that could be the shot of the day. Oh the edge. Just two fielders in
00:22the slips apart from that wide almost gully. Unvented pretty catchable height.
00:30That's gone through. He flashed and he flashed hard. Goes again this time. This time smashed through the covers. The
00:4250th partnership comes up.
00:47Oh that's a terrific strike. Nice meaty blow into the crowd. And he's really opening up now Ashwin.
00:56Oh even the elders enjoyed that. Anti-up from a seat.
01:06Oh nice clean strike that.
01:18Not much you would say but Ashwin finds the gap. Yet again in this innings. And rather easily.
01:27Took 29 of an all from Stuart Gord. 50 for Ravichandran Ashwin. They'll stand up in the crowd. They'll stand
01:35up in the dressing room.
01:36There's a lot of respect for him all over the cricketing world. But as a batter today he's played a
01:40fantastic hand.
01:42I asked him today if 38 is a number. Well 50 is a number for him today.
01:48There you go. Another one. Make it 8. 8 boundaries to his name.
01:58Brings the sweep and there's nobody there. So 4 to Ravichandran Ashwin.
02:06That's a mighty hit. Way into the stands. The 300 comes up for India.
02:16Just the way he anticipated what the delivery was going to be was out there in a flash.
02:21Wonderful hit once again taking on the onside.
02:25Although didn't get it cleanly good enough to clear the fence. Maybe he's also in a rush to get to
02:31his 100 before the end of play.
02:39Cracking shot at the backcourt before. Just using the pace of the winner.
02:47There he goes. It's number 6 for Ravichandran Ashwin.
02:51His second in front of his home crowd in back-to-back test matches.
02:57And it's a million dollar smile.
02:59As his teammates acknowledge it.
03:01The crowd stand up.
03:02There's been one terrific innings this.
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