Which cricketer was the first to score a century and take ten wickets in the same Test Match?
Moeen Ali secured a four wicket victory. In the first Test against South Africa, Ali became the fifth-fastest player, in terms of matches played, to score 2,000 runs and take 100 wickets in Tests (38). He also took his first ten-wicket haul in Tests and was the first England player since Ian Botham to score a Test half-century and take ten wickets in the same match. In the third Test, Ali took a hat-trick to bowl South Africa out and end the match; it was the first hat-trick for an England spinner since 1938–39 and the first ever in a Test match
Ravichandran Ashwin huge hit. Ashwin is ranked number two among bowlers and all-rounders in Test cricket as of 2017. In his 37th Test match, Ashwin became the fastest Indian bowler and the second fastest in the world to reach 200 Test wickets after Australian spinner Clarrie Grimmett (36 matches). Ashwin was also the fastest Indian bowler and 5th fastest in the world to reach 100 Test wickets, getting to the milestone in his 18th Test match. Ashwin became the first Indian cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in the same Test match on two separate instances. He achieved this