IND vs ENG: Overwhelmed Ashwin Dedicates Man Of The Match To 'Knowledgable' Chennai Crowd

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Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday dedicated his Man-of-the-Match-winning all-round performance in the second Test against England to the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium 'Chepauk' crowd in his home city. He captured eight wickets in the match and scored a century to propel India to a 317-run win.

"I watched the cricket from these very stands here in 'Chepauk' when I was eight or nine years old. My father would bring me here for any Test match and I would dream about getting a chance to walk on this ground or at least play one game," said Ashwin in Tamil in the post-match presentation ceremony.

"I have played four Test matches here and easily this is the most special. What can I say...I get a hero's feeling every time I bowled. In Covid times there was no cricket, so a knowledgable Chennai crowd came in numbers."

"This match I dedicate to the Chennai crowd. We were 1-0 down without the crowd and with the crowd, we made it 1-1. There will be a crowd in Ahmedabad, so hopefully, we can take it forward," he said in Tamil.

Besides his five wickets in the first innings, Ashwin took three more in the score. In the first innings, he scored his fifth Test century.

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