The second match of the Test series between India and England is being played in Chennai. On the third day, Team India scored 190+ runs after losing 6 wickets in the second innings. The team has so far scored a 389 run lead over England. Currently, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin are at the crease. Fifty's partnership between the two happened. Kohli scored the 25th and while Ashwin his 12th test fifty.
Following Ashwin's half-century, there are statistics that have been shared by the sports portal cricbuzz. As per stats, Ashwin's first 50+ score in Test cricket at home since Dec 2016 and first anywhere since Aug 2017. Interestingly, Ashwin also took 5 wicket haul in the first innings.
Hitting a fifty & taking a five-fer in the same Test most times:
11 Ian Botham
9 Shakib Al Hasan
6 R Hadlee/ R ASHWIN
5 M Marshall
4 Kapil Dev/ C Cairns/ R Jadeja
Ashwin achieved his fifty in 24 Tests and 3 years later. Earlier, in August 2017, Fifty was struck against Sri Lanka. He scored 54 runs in the Colombo Test. The last Fifty at home was in December 2016 against England in Chennai. Then he had scored an innings of 67 runs.