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Ravichandran Ashwin becomes the oldest Indian to take a five-wicket haul as he also equals Shane Warne to become the bowler with the joint-second most Test fifers.

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Following a wicketless first innings against Bangladesh in the first Test match of the two-game series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Ashwin ran over the Bangladesh batting lineup as he recorded a figure of 6/88 to help India clinch the clash by a whopping 280 runs at his home after also scoring a century in the first innings.

With this, 37th five-wicket haul on Saturday, Aswhin broke Vinoo Mankad's record of being the oldest Indian to get a Test five-wicket haul. 

Oldest Indians to take a Test five-wicket haul:

#PlayerAge
1.R Ashwin38y 5 days
2.Vinoo Mankad37y 306 days
3.R Ashwin37y 172 days
4.Anil Kumble37y 70 days

Oldest players to take a Test five-wicket haul:

#PlayerAge
1.Herbert Ironmonger49y 311 days
2.Donald Blackie46y 268 days
3.Athanasios Traicos45y 154d
4.Clarence  Grimmett44y 65 days
5.Frank Woolley42y 242d

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What next for Indian cricket team?

Rohit Sharma and Co. will aim to complete a white-wash of Bangladesh as they will be back in action on September 27 for the second Test match at Kanpur. 

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Mayank Bande is a content producer for The Sporting News’ India edition.