Twitter Reactions: Ashwin finishes off in style at the Wankhede

The Day 5 saw the end to one memorable Test match from India’s perspective. The Wankhede crowd witnessed India seal the series 3-0 with one match to go. Moreover, India went on to win by an innings and 36 runs as the Poms had no clue how to face Ravichandran Ashwin.

Ashwin, having been the chief architect in every series India has won this home season continued to shine at the Wankhede. He went on to complete his 24th five-wicket haul in just 43 Test matches. He got all the remaining 4 wickets in the bag in the first hour of play on the last day morning.

He began by trapping Jonny Bairstow in front of the stumps with his special weapon, the carrom ball. Bairstow tried reviewing but the off stump was clearly clicking off. He then got the better of Chris Woakes as he had him bowled for a duck. With that, he also completed a ten-wicket haul in the match.

But Ashwin didn’t stop. He had Adil Rashid caught by the lone fielder in deep and then James Anderson giving a dolly to Umesh Yadav, thus marking the end of a great Test match for India. Ashwin went on to register the best match figures by an Indian bowler at the Wankhede.

Basically, Day 5 was literally about Ashwin getting rid of Bairstow and then cleaning the tail. The match got over just 30 minutes into the first session. Virat Kohli and his team took a victory lap to appreciate the crowd for their support which has been surreal in all the five days. Kohli also went on to win the man of the match for his spectacular knock.

Twitter was awestruck by Ashwin’s marvel with the ball. The number of records registered in this Test match kept the statisticians at their toes. Not only him, Kohli, Jayant and Vijay also made some special contributions in the whole test match. Here are some of the best twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

India vs England 3-0 ?? @imVkohli @mvj888 #JayantYadav superb batting @ashwinravi99 well done for 6 nd 6 ??keep going guys.plz 4-0?? @BCCI

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 12, 2016

Congrats to @imVkohli & @ashwinravi99 – best batsman & bowler in the world right now.
Wonderful to watch. #IndvsEng pic.twitter.com/EQEPbEwcEr

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 12, 2016

Dear Jimmy, "In these conditions", KP deflated the home team on your last tour and you bullied him out of the team.

— cricBC (@cricBC) December 12, 2016

Team India acknowledging&thanking the fans for their support.Gr8 gesture?We cricketers r very fortunate to have such passionate fans? @BCCI pic.twitter.com/apiRukXoE6

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) December 12, 2016

Cook – We wanted to look what four seamers look like.

Yeah, In India. pic.twitter.com/D5QJD3uM5T

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) December 12, 2016

Has Alastair Cook resigned yet?#IndvsEng

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 12, 2016

" Why are you chirping now mate ? Not getting any wickets ? "

— Fake Mitch Johnson (@NotMitchJohnson) December 12, 2016

Out-played, out-thought, out-fought. Embarrassing. #IndvsEng

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 12, 2016

Big big congratulations to the boys and support staff for clinching the series. Home season so far has been brilliant.

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) December 12, 2016

Beating India in India has never been harder than it is right now. Bangladesh are next on deck, followed by Aust

— Daniel Brettig (@danbrettig) December 12, 2016

As a lifelong cricket fan, I am in awe of theIndian team under @imVkohli. This is a stupendous performance: an innings win over a team w/400

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 12, 2016

Good contest between bat and ball. I mean, Kohli & Ashwin.

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) December 12, 2016

Master at the height of his powers. Just admire @ashwinravi99 for now like you did @imVkohli for the last couple of days.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 12, 2016

And Virat Kohli is the BRADMAN of Indian batting. #INDvENG

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) December 12, 2016

Rajkot now a distant dream. England have sunk into their worst, predictable, Indian nightmare. #INDvENG

— Sambit Bal (@sambitbal) December 12, 2016

England batsmen are so lucky, they had to work only 30mins on a Monday

— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) December 12, 2016

England only the third team to score 400 and then lose by an innings in the history of Test cricket. Embarrassing loss, that.

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) December 12, 2016

Couldn't be sweeter with Anderson being the final wicket. 3-0 ??

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) December 12, 2016

Death, Taxes, Ashwin taking five-wicket hauls, Kohli scoring centuries….inevitable ???????

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 12, 2016

The only real contest in this series has been between Ashwin and Jadeja in picking up the key wickets. #INDvENG

— cricBC (@cricBC) December 12, 2016

* At restaurant *
Waiter: What would you like to have sir?
Ashwin: 5wkt haul! #IndvsEng

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) December 12, 2016

Ek do ek do, Jimmy ko phenk do #WankhedeChants

— Vipul (@Sporty_Baba) December 12, 2016

No worries for England..the expert on techniques – Jimmy is at the crease

— Benny (@thebennytweets) December 12, 2016

England in #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/81l1pd0wH6

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) December 12, 2016

James Anderson with a bat and mic at the crease#IndvsEng

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) December 12, 2016

Arey England, Bhai bachi kuchi public ko stadium ke andar aane tak to ruk jaoo. 😛 #IndvsEng

— jigar mehta (@jigsactin) December 12, 2016

Didn't think England could have a worse morning session than yesterday. They have proved me wrong again

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) December 12, 2016

Ten wicket haul for Ashwin along with Double Century for Virat Kohli these two taking the Indian team way forward…

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 12, 2016

Ashwin is a hugely skilful bowler but arguably more impressive is his intelligence; his ability to set batsmen up is Warne-esque. #IndvEng

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) December 12, 2016