Continuing from where he left in the first innings, Jadeja, who took a fifer on day 1, once again tormented the Kiwi batters on a crumbling surface which according to his long-time spin twin Ashwin was slower than expected.
In seven innings at this venue in Tests, Ashwin now has two hundreds and another fifty-plus score.
Recalling his interaction with Gambhir during his first full Test series for India in 2012, Ashwin revealed that the opening batter was one of the very few from outside his home state of Tamil Nadu to give him a lot of confidence as a new-comer.
As part of the deal, the 37-year-old Ashwin is all set to take charge of the Chennai Super Kings High Performance Centre, coming up Navalur, in the outskirts of Chennai, and expected to be fully operational ahead of the start of IPL 2025 season.
The 37-year-old also revealed that he was not able to complete his action the way he wanted to because of an abdominal injury in the first half of IPL 2024.
Notably, Virat Kohli alone has five more hundreds than the hundreds put together by the entire playing XI of the Bangladesh cricket team.
'It has been a wonderful journey with Kings XI Punjab,' Ashwin was quoted as saying by the Kings XI Punjab website.
R Ashwin has played 68 Tests and 111 ODIs for India, in which he has taken 357 and 150 wickets respectively.
In the recently concluded series against the Proteas, which India won 3-0, Saha drew a lot of appreciation as his efforts behind the wicket had left even his teammates amused.
Ace India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up four wickets to pour cold water on Maharaj's career-best score as the visitors' first innings folded for 275.
