In Manchester, Ben Stokes has scored history by scoring a century. He has completed his century in 164 balls in the first innings. While bowling in this match, he dismissed 5 India batsmen in the first innings. Ben Stokes has become the first captain of England in cricket history, who has done 5 wickets and scored a century in a single Test match. Only 4 captains have been able to do this before them.

Captain who took a century and 5 wickets in a Test match

The first cricketer to score 5 wickets in a Test match and a century was Dennis Atkinson of West Indies, who scored 219 against Australia in 1955 and took 5 wickets in the second innings of the same match. After him, Garfield Sobers of West Indies did this in 1966. In that match, he took 5 wickets while bowling 174 runs.

Two cricketers of Pakistan have also set this record. Mushtaq Mohammed had scored 5 wickets in the Test match against India in 1977 and Imran Khan in 1983. Now Ben Stokes has become the only fifth captain in the world to do so. Stokes took 5 wickets in the first innings against India, after which he got his name recorded in a century innings.

• Dennis Atkinson (West Indies) – in 1955
• Garfield Sobers (West Indies) – in 1966
• Mushtaq Mohammad (Pakistan) – in 1977
• Imran Khan (Pakistan) – in 1983

Only third player to do so

Ben Stokes has set many big records on the basis of this century. With this, he has become the fourth player of England to score 5 wickets and centuries in one Test match. The list of records made by Stokes does not stop here. In this match, Stokes has also become the only third player who has scored 7,000 runs in his Test career and also took 200 wickets. Before Stokes, West Indies Garfield Sobers and South Africa’s Jack Kallis have also done this.

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