Ravichandran Ashwin

Indian cricketer

In this Indian name, the name Ravichandran is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ashwin.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Personal information
Born|  (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 37)
Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Nickname| Ash,[1] Lege[2]
Height| 188[3] cm (6 ft 2 in)
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Right-arm off spin
Role| Bowling all-rounder
Website| raviashwin.com
International information
National side|

* India (2010–present)

Test debut (cap 271)| 6 November 2011 v West Indies
Last Test| 26 December 2023 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 185)| 5 June 2010 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI| 08 October 2023 v Australia
ODI shirt no.| 99
T20I debut (cap 30)| 12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I| 10 November 2022 v England
T20I shirt no.| 99
Domestic team information
Years| Team
2006/07–present| Tamil Nadu
2008–2015| Chennai Super Kings
2016–2017| Rising Pune Supergiant
2017| Worcestershire
2018–2019| Kings XI Punjab
2019| Nottinghamshire
2020–2021| Delhi Capitals
2021| Surrey
2022–present| Rajasthan Royals
Career statistics
| Competition | Test | ODI | T20I | FC

|
|
|
|

Matches | 94 | 116 | 65 | 144
Runs scored | 3,129 | 707 | 184 | 4,955
Batting average | 26.97 | 16.44 | 26.28 | 28.97
100s/50s | 5/13 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 7/24
Top score | 124 | 65 | 31* | 124
Balls bowled | 25,227 | 6,141 | 1,452 | 38,110
Wickets | 490 | 156 | 72 | 691
Bowling average | 23.69 | 33.20 | 23.22 | 25.27
5 wickets in innings | 34 | 0 | 0 | 49
10 wickets in match | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11
Best bowling | 7/59 | 4/25 | 4/8 | 7/59
Catches/stumpings | 31/– | 30/– | 11/– | 56/–

Medal record

Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner | 2011 India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka |
Runner-up | 2023 India |
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner | 2013 England and Wales |
Runner-up | 2017 England and Wales |
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up | 2014 Bangladesh |
ICC World Test Championship
Runner-up | 2019-2021 |
Runner-up | 2021-2023 |
ACC Asia Cup
Winner | 2010 Sri Lanka |
Winner | 2016 Bangladesh |

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 October 2023

YouTube information

Channels| Ashwin
Genres|

* Vlog
* Podcast

Subscribers| 1.33 million
Total views| 161 million

Creator Awards

| 100,000 subscribers|
| 1,000,000 subscribers| 2023

* * *

Last updated: 6 Jan 2024
|  | This article is part of a series about
Ravichandran Ashwin

|

Indian International cricketer

* Five-wicket hauls
* Bowlers with 300+ wickets

* * *

Recognition

* Arjuna Award (2015)
* ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year (2016)
* ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year (2016)
* Test team of the decade (2011-20)

* * *

Teams

* Indian cricket team
* Tamil Nadu cricket team
* Chennai Super Kings
* Rising Pune Supergiants
* Kings XI Punjab
* Delhi Capitals
* Rajasthan Royals
* Nottinghamshire
* Worcestershire

* * *

Related people

* Sachin Tendulkar
* MS Dhoni
* Virat Kohli
* Rohit Sharma
* Ravindra Jadeja
* Cheteshwar Pujara
* Ravi Shastri
* Rahul Dravid
* Harbhajan Singh
* Sunil Subramaniam

* v
* t
* e

Ravichandran Ashwin (pronunciationⓘ) (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-arm off spin bowler and a lower order batter. Widely regarded as one of the most prolific off spinners of all time, he represents the Indian cricket team and was part of the Indian team that won the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy. He plays for Tamil Nadu and South Zone in domestic cricket and for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Ashwin has taken more than 480 wickets in tests and is the fastest bowler to reach 300 wickets in terms of number of innings. He has won ten Man of the Series awards in tests, which is the highest by an Indian cricketer and second most. As an all-rounder in test cricket, he bats down the order, has scored five test centuries and is one of the only three players to score 3000 runs and take 450 wickets in tests. As of November 2023, Ashwin is the highest-ranked bowler in the ICC men's player rankings and the highest rated Indian bowler ever.

Ashwin started as an opening batsman but dropped down the order due to limited success and turned into an off-break bowler. He made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in December 2006 and captained the team the following season. He played for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 2010 Indian Premier League where his economical bowling led to his maiden international call-up in the limited-overs formats in June 2010. He was the leading wicket-taker and player of the tournament of the 2010 Champions League Twenty20, which was won by CSK. He also won the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 and two IPL titles (2010, 2011) with CSK.

In 2011, he made his Test debut against West Indies and became the seventh Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul on debut. Ashwin had greater success with the turning tracks in the Indian subcontinent including taking 29 wickets in a series against Australia, the most by any Indian bowler in a four-match test series. In the 2015–16 season, Ashwin took 48 wickets and scored 336 runs in eight tests along with 27 wickets in 19 T20Is enabling him to win the ICC Cricketer of the Year and ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year awards for 2016. He has been named five times to the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year and was named in the ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade 2011–20. In 2015, he was awarded Arjuna award by Government of India.

## Early life and education[edit]

Ashwin was born on 17 September 1986 in Madras, Tamil Nadu to Ravichandran and Chitra.[4] His father Ravichandran played cricket at club level as a fast bowler.[5][6] Ashwin did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan and St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School.[7][8] He graduated with a BTech in Information Technology from SSN college of engineering, Chennai.[9] Ashwin started as an opening batter before taking up medium pace bowling and later switching to off spin.[10][11]

## Early career[edit]

Ashwin made his first class debut for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji trophy match against Haryana in 2006 at the age of 20 taking six wickets.[12][13] He made his List A debut in 2007 against Andhra taking two wickets.[14] His T20 debut in a victory against Andhra in the interstate T20 tournament next month.[15]

## International career[edit]

See also: List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Ravichandran Ashwin

### 2010–11: Debut and early years[edit]

On the back of his impressive performance in the 2010 Indian Premier League, Ashwin was selected for the Indian squad that toured Zimbabwe for a tri-series in May 2010. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 5 June 2010, scoring a 32–ball 38 and taking 2/50 in that match which India lost.[16] His T20I debut came a week later, against Zimbabwe at Harare where he took 1/22 in four overs in an Indian win.[17]

Ashwin was part of the squad for the 2010 Asia Cup which India won.[18] He was also part of the tri-series against New Zealand and Sri Lanka, but did not get a game with Pragyan Ojha and Ravindra Jadeja being preferred.[19] In October 2010, Ashwin was selected to play in the three-match home ODI series against Australia in which he took 1/34 in nine overs in an Indian victory in the only match he played.[20] Ashwin played in all five matches of the home series against New Zealand in November–December 2010 in which India completed a 5–0 whitewash with Ashwin ended up as the leading wicket-taker with 11 wickets at an average of 21.90.[21] At the conclusion of the series, then Indian captain Gautam Gambhir called him "the find" of the series and hailed his bowling during the powerplay overs.[22] Despite being in the squad, Ashwin did not make it to the playing eleven in any of the five ODIs on the South African tour in 2010 with Harbhajan Singh preferred.[23]

Ashwin was part of the 15-member 2011 Cricket World Cup squad with Harbhajan and Piyush Chawla being the other two specialist spinners in the squad.[24] Ashwin played only two matches in World cup which India won defeating Sri Lanka in the finals.[25][26] Ashwin played the fourth and fifth matches of India's tour of West Indies in June–July 2011 picking up just one wicket. Ashwin was retained in the limited-overs squad for the England tour and emerged as India's best bowler of the series taking six wickets at an average of 25.16.[27] When England toured India in October 2011, Ashwin was as the second highest wicket-taker of the series with ten wickets in a 5–0 victory.[28]

### 2011-12: Test debut and rise[edit]

Ashwin in a T20 match against Australia in 2012

In November 2011, West Indies toured India for three Tests and five ODIs with Ashwin and Ojha being the only two specialist spinners in the squad.[29] Ashwin made his Test debut in the first match at Delhi, earning his cap from Sachin Tendulkar.[12] Ashwin took 3/81 in the first innings and picked a fifer with 6/47 in the second, helping India win the match and was awarded the man of the match becoming the third Indian player to win the award on Test debut.[30][31] He picked four wickets in the second Test at Kolkata where India registered an innings victory.[32] In the third Test at Mumbai, he took 5/156 and scored his maiden international century in India's first innings, thus becoming only the third Indian to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same Test and the first since 1962.[33] The match ended in a draw with the scores level and was awarded the man of the match as well as the man of the series for his all-round performance.[34] Ashwin also featured in four matches of the subsequent ODI series and took four wickets at 49.00.[35]

Ashwin was part of the squad that toured Australia in 2011-12. He played in three Tests on the tour taking just nine wickets at an average of more than 62.[36] He also featured in the subsequent triangular CB Series against Australia and Sri Lanka and took seven wickets in as many matches at 43.42.[37] In March 2012, he took five wickets in three matches of the 2012 Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[38] He had a quiet tour of Sri Lanka in July–August 2012 taking five wickets at 39.40 in the five-match ODI series and 1/22 in the one-off T20I.[39]

### 2012-15: Middle years and consolidation[edit]

Ashwin returned to form during the two-match home Test series against New Zealand. In the first Test at Hyderabad, he claimed 6/31 and 6/54 helping India seal an innings victory and was named the man of the match with his match figures of 12/85 bettering S. Venkataraghavan's 12/152 for the best figures by an Indian bowler against New Zealand in Tests.[40][41] In the second match at Bangalore, his efforts of 5/69 in the second innings helped India win the match and the series 2–0.[42] He was awarded man of the series for his tally of 18 wickets at an average of 13.11.[43] Ashwin played four matches in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka and took five wickets at an economy rate of 6 and an average of 19.[44]

During the first Test of England's tour of India in late 2012, Ashwin became the fastest Indian to record 50 wickets in Test cricket as he overhauled the milestone in his ninth game.[45] India eventually lost the series 2–1 in which Ashwin managed to take only 14 wickets in the four Tests at an average of 52.64. However, he scored 243 runs averaging 60.75 including two fifties and finished as India's second best batsman of the series.[46] In the three-match ODI series against Pakistan and the five-match ODI series against England, he took three wickets at 43.33 and seven wickets at 35.71 respectively.[47][48]

> There were a few changes I had to make after the England series [...] I had to work on my delivery stride, it had got a little long during the England series and that was affecting the way I was delivering the ball. We had very little time, but I was lucky to have a coach [Subramaniam] who identified it pretty quickly.

— Ashwin on the changes he made to his bowling before the Australia series[49]

In February 2013, Ashwin worked with former Tamil Nadu spinner and coach Sunil Subramaniam to make changes to his bowling ahead of the four-match Test series against Australia including shortening of his bowling stride.[49] Ashwin had a successful series in the Australia's four-Test tour of India in February–March 2013. In the first Test at Chennai, his home ground, he took 7/103 and 5/95 leading India to a comfortable eight-wicket victory.[50] He had a haul of 5/63 in the second innings of the second Test at Hyderabad where India registered an innings win and took four wickets in the third test at Mohali where India sealed the series with a six-wicket victory. In the last match at Delhi, he took 5/57 and 2/55 in another Indian win which completed a 4–0 whitewash of Australia. During the match, Ashwin surpassed Anil Kumble's record of 27 wickets for most wickets by an Indian bowler in a four-Test series.[51] Ashwin finished the series as the leading wicket-taker with a tally of 29 wickets at 20.10 and won the Man of the Series award.[52] It was the first time India won four or more Tests in a series and the first time Australia was whitewashed since 1969–70.[53]

Ashwin was part of the Indian team that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in England. His match figures of 2/15 in four overs in the 20-overs-a-side final helped India restrict England to 124/8 and win the match by five runs.[54] He had a total of eight wickets from five matches at an average of 22.62, conceding 4.41 runs per over, and ended as the joint-fifth highest wicket-taker of the tournament and was named in the 'Team of the Tournament'.[55][56] With nine wickets in six matches, Ashwin finished as the leading wicket-taker of the home ODI series against Australia in October–November 2013 which India won 3–2.[57]

On India's tour of South Africa, Ashwin had a difficult time with the ball picking up only one wicket across three ODIs and went wicketless in his 42 overs in the first Test at Johannesburg, following which, he was dropped for the second Test.[58] In early 2014, Ashwin's overseas struggles continued during the New Zealand tour where he managed to bag a solitary wicket in the five-match ODI series which India lost 4–0.[59] However, in the third ODI, coming in to bat with India at 146/5 in pursuit of 315, he scored his maiden ODI fifty of 65 runs from 46 balls. He shared a 38-run partnership with Dhoni and an 85-run seventh wicket stands with Jadeja, as the match eventually ended in a tie.[60] In the two-match Test series that followed, Jadeja was preferred over Ashwin as the lone spinner in the playing eleven.

Ashwin was back among the wickets when India went to Bangladesh for the 2014 Asia Cup and the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. He took nine wickets in four matches of the Asia Cup and finished as the joint-third highest wicket-taker of the tournament.[61] He played a vital role in India's unbeaten run to the World Twenty20 final. His tally of 11 wickets in six matches at an average of 11.27 and economy rate of 5.35 put him joint third on the list of most wickets in the tournament.[62] He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament for the 2014 T20 World Cup by the ICC and ESPNcricinfo.[63][64]

Ashwin was part of the Indian team that toured England in 2014. He played only two matches in the five test series scoring 40 and 46 not out but going wicketless in the fourth test and taking three wickets in the last match, both of which ended in defeats. India won the ODI series that followed 3–1 with Ashwin taking seven wickets from four matches at an average of 24.85 and an economy rate of less than 4.5.[65] India whitewashed Sri Lanka in a five-match ODI series in November 2014 in which Ashwin took 6 wickets to his name at 33.33.[66] Ashwin was not part of the first Test of India's tour of Australia in December 2014. Ashwin returned to the playing eleven in the second test and took a total of 12 wickets at an average of 48.66 in the remaining three matches.[67]

> I see a lot of myself in Ashwin. He is a fantastic cricketer with a lot of work ethic. Obviously, he is a far better batsman than me.

— Former India Test captain Anil Kumble on Ashwin, February 2015[68]

### 2015-19: Consistency and rise to stardom[edit]

Ashwin was selected to represent India for the second consecutive ODI World cup held in Australia and New Zealand in 2015. Ashwin took 13 wickets in 8 matches in India's run to the semi-finals and was named on the bench in the 'Team of the tournament'.[69][70] In the 2015 three-match series against Sri Lanka, he finished with 21 wickets and in the process, broke the record for most wickets by an Indian bowler in a series against Sri Lanka winning the Man of the Series award.[71] These efforts led him to achieve the number 1 ranking in ICC Test Bowling Rankings for the year 2015 (which he retained in 2016).

In November 2015, Ashwin was a star performer throughout the Freedom Trophy Test series against South Africa in India. During the course of the series, he became the fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets in Test cricket.[72] In the third Test in Nagpur, he picked up 12 wickets for 98 runs to hand South Africa their first away series loss in nine years with his career-best figures of 7/66 in the second innings bowling the visitors out for 185 to give India a 2–0 series win. He was named in the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year in 2015.[73][74]

Ashwin bowling in a Test match in Trent Bridge in 2018

Ashwin was part of the Indian squad that won the 2016 Asia Cup in which he took four wickets in as many matches.[75] Ashwin had a brilliant series during the 2016 tour to West Indies where he scored 235 runs with two centuries and took 17 wickets in four tests with India winning the series 2–0.[76] In New Zealand's tour of India in 2016, Ashwin took 27 wickets in three Tests, including a career-best of 7 for 59 in an innings.[77] Ashwin followed it up with an all round performance taking 28 wickets and scoring 306 runs in the five match test series against England, which India won 4–0.[78][79] Overall, Ashwin had a brilliant home season in 2016 taking 82 wickets and thus breaking the record for the most wickets taken in a single domestic season.[80] He also became the second Indian to score 500 runs and take 50 wickets in a single season.[81] For his performances in 2016, he was named in the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year.[82][83] In December 2016, the International Cricket Council named Ashwin the "ICC Cricketer of the Year" and the "ICC Test Cricketer of the Year" for 2016.[84] In the process, he became the third Indian to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the "ICC Cricketer of the Year" after Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, and also the second cricketer ever after Dravid to win the two awards in the same year.[85]

In February 2017, Ashwin took 21 wickets in the four match series against Australia which India won 2–1.[86] Ashwin was part of the limited overs squad that toured West Indies in June 2017 after which he became a player who played exclusively in tests.[87][88] In the Indian tour of Sri Lanka in August 2017, Ashwin was the leading wicket taker with 17 wickets leading India to a 3–0 victory.[89] Ashwin was again the leading wicket taker with 12 wickets in Sri Lanka's return tour in December 2017 which India won 1–0.[90] In 2017, he was named in the Test team of the year for the third consecutive year by the ICC.[91] In 2018, India played most of the test matches away from home with the team touring South Africa and England.[92][93] Ashwin played six tests, taking 18 wickets while India lost both the series.[79] Ashwin took nine wickets in the 2–0 victory over West Indies in India in October 2018.[94]

### 2019-present: Later years[edit]

In the 2019–20 home season, India played South Africa and Bangladesh winning all three series.[95][96] Ashwin was a key performer in the wins taking 20 wickets across five matches.[79] Ashwin played one match in the Indian tour of New Zealand which was won by New Zealand.[97] In the following series in the Indian tour of Australia, India won a historic 2–1 victory with Ashwin taking 12 wickets across three matches.[98] During England's tour of India in 2021 which India won 3–1, Ashwin took 32 wickets and scored 189 runs including a century in four tests.[99] During the series, he became the fastest Indian bowler to reach the landmark of 400 Test wickets and the fourth Indian after Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh to achieve the milestone.[100] Ashwin was the lead wicket taker with four wickets in the 2021 ICC World Test Championship final loss to New Zealand in June 2021.[101]

In September 2021, Ashwin earned a surprise recall to the Indian squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, more than four years since he played a T20 international.[102] He made the comeback in white-ball cricket in India's third match of the tournament against Afghanistan and bowled a good spell of 2–14 in 4 overs.[103] Ashwin continued to play T20 international matches across 2021 and 2022.[88] He was also named in the Indian squad which reached the semi-finals of the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, playing all six matches and taking six wickets.[104][88]

In the 2021–22 season, India won the home series against New Zealand and Sri Lanka where Ashwin ended up as a leading wicket taker in both the series.[105][106] His consistent performances in test cricket enabled him to be named in the ICC Test team of the year for 2021.[107] In January 2022, India toured South Africa where Ashwin took only three wickets in as many matches as India lost 1–2.[108] Ashwin was once again the leading wicket taker in the West Indies with 15 wickets in a 2–0 victory.[109] In the Australian tour to India in March 2023, Ashwin took 25 wickets in four matches to lead India to a series victory.[110] On the back of the victory against Australia, India qualified for the second consecutive ICC World Test Championship final. Ashwin was not part of the playing eleven in the final which India lost to Australia.[111]

Ashwin earned a surprise recall to the ODI side for the series against Australia prior to the 2023 Cricket World Cup in which he took four wickets from two matches.[87] He was subsequently named as a part of the Indian squad for world cup.[112] In the world cup where India finished runners-up, he played his lone match against Australia and had the best economy rate of 3.4.[113]

## Domestic career[edit]

### Tamil Nadu[edit]

Ashwin represented Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket.[12] He has represented the team in multiple seasons in the Ranji Trophy.[114] Ashwin captained Tamil Nadu team that won the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2008-09 and reached the semi-finals in 2015.[115][116] He was part of the team that reached tournament in 2019.[117] Ashwin has also played for South zone team.[118] Ashwin captained the India A side in the Deodhar Trophy in 2018.[119] Ashwin played for Chemplast in TNCA first division league till 2018 when he moved to Mylapore RC. He signed on to represent India Cements in 2020.[120]

### TNPL[edit]

Ashwin was drafted in as the captain of the Dindigul Dragons franchise for the inaugural season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) T20 tournament.[121][122] He has represented the same franchise for seven seasons leading them to two finals in 2018 and 2019.[123][124]

### County career[edit]

In August 2017, Ashwin made his English county debut with Worcestershire against Gloucestershire taking three wickets.[125] He again returned to play for Worcestershire for the 2018 season.[126] In 2019, Nottinghamshire signed Ashwin for the second half of the 2019 County Championship season.[127] Ashwin made his debut against Essex at Trent Bridge and made significant contributions for the county claiming 34 wickets and 339 runs in five matches.[127]

## IPL career[edit]

Representing CSK

Indian Premier League
Winner | 2010 |
Winner | 2011 |
Champions League
Winner | 2011 |
Winner | 2014 |

Ashwin was signed as a domestic player by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008.[128] Ashwin made his debut for the Chennai Super Kings during the 2009 season and represented the team for eight consecutive seasons till 2015.[129] His break through season came in 2010 when he took 13 wickets to help Chennai win their first IPL title and qualify for Champions League Twenty20.[130][129] Chennai won the Champions league title in 2010 with Ashwin being named player of the series.[131] Ashwin was the fourth highest wicket taker with 20 wickets in the 2011 Indian Premier League season helping Chennai win a second consecutive tile.[132] Ashwin won his second Champions League Twenty20 title in 2014 with CSK.[133] Ashwin took 90 wickets from 97 matches in the IPL across eight seasons for the Super Kings.[129]

Following the two-year suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, two new franchises Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions were established for the 2016 Indian Premier League season. Supergiants picked Ashwin as one of their five draft picks on 15 December 2015 for ₹75 million (US$940,000).[134] He took ten wickets in the 2016 season before being ruled out of 2017 season due to an injury.[135] In the 2018 player auction, Ashwin was picked up by Punjab Kings for ₹7.5 crores.[136] He was appointed as captain of Punjab for the 2018 season.[137] In March 2019, in a match against Rajasthan Royals, Ashwin ran out a batter "backing up" (Jos Buttler) reigniting a debate around the mode of dismissal.[138] This ultimately led to a rule change by MCC that the Law on running out the non-striker would be moved into Law 38 (Run Out) rather than Law 41 (Unfair Play).[139]

Ahead of the 2020 season, Ashwin was traded to Delhi Capitals.[140] He took 13 wickets in the season and was the fourth highest wicket taker in the team.[141] Delhi retained him for the 2021 season.[142] In the 2022 IPL Auction, Ashwin was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for ₹5 crores.[143] During the group stage match against Lucknow Super Giants in the 2022 season, he tactically retired out in the 19th over becoming the first cricketer in IPL to do so.[144][145] He took 12 wickets and scored 191 runs to take Rajasthan to the finals of the 2022 season.[129] In April 2022, Ashwin became only the second off-spinner after Harbhajan Singh to take 150 wickets in IPL and is the fifth highest wicket taker in the league with 171 wickets.[146][147]

## Bowling style[edit]

Ashwin produces several variations of the ball and flights the ball, thereby giving it more chance to spin and dip on the batsman.[148][149] In addition to his normal off-breaks, he produces an arm ball and the carrom ball, the latter of which he uses frequently in the shorter formats.[150] In IPL 2013, he bowled leg-breaks and googly as well.[151] He evolved his carrom ball from the soduku ball, a finger-flicked legbreak used in tennis ball cricket on the streets of Chennai.[12] However, he has stated in an interview that he refrains from bowling the doosra as it requires him to bend and straighten his arm which he finds difficult to do.[152][153]

Ashwin's childhood coach Sunil Subramaniam recalls Ashwin's early days at the TNCA Academy:

> [...] what struck me was his intelligence. His use of angles, length and width of the crease. Also, guessing what a batsman was likely to do. And the kind of field placing that he is comfortable with. Those are the factors that struck me immediately – that this guy not only loves bowling, he also has a fair idea of what spin actually is. For somebody who started out at 18 or 19, I thought that was a big thing [...] Here is a guy who knew what the ball is supposed to do, where this guy is expected to play and what are the plans to keep that guy in check and put pressure on that guy. He was pretty clear at 18 itself.[154]

## Personal life[edit]

Ashwin resides in West Mambalam, Chennai.[4] Ashwin married his childhood friend Prithi Narayanan on 13 November 2011.[155] They have two children.[156][157]

## Records and achievements[edit]

* Fastest to reach 250, 300 and 350 wickets in test cricket[158][159]
* Second fastest to reach 200 test wickets (36 matches)[160]
* Fastest Indian to reach 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 and 450 test wickets[161][160][162][163][164][165][166]
* Only Indian cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in the same Test match on three separate instances[167]
* First Indian to take 50 T20I wickets[168]
* Second most Man of the Series awards in tests (10)[169]
* Fifth most five wicket hauls in tests (34)[170] and fastest to 25 five wicket hauls[171][172]
* Second highest wicket taker in tests for India (489)[173][174]
* Second Indian to score 500 runs and take 50 wickets in a calendar year (2016)[175]
* Highest wicket-taker in a single season (82)[81][80]
* Most dismissals of left-handers in tests[176][177]
* Second Indian bowler to take 300 Test wickets at home [178]
* Third Indian to take 700 international wickets[179]

## Honors[edit]

Ashwin receiving the Arjuna Award from Sarbananda Sonowal, then minister of Minister of Sports Ashwin receiving the CEAT award from VVS Laxman

### India[edit]

* Asia Cup: 2010,[180] 2016[181]
* Cricket World Cup: 2011[182]
* ICC Champions Trophy: 2013[183]

### Chennai Super Kings[edit]

* Indian Premier League: 2010,[184] 2011[185]
* Champions League: 2010[186]

### Individual[edit]

* Polly Umrigar Award: 2012-13[187]
* Arjuna award: 2015[188]
* ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year: 2016[189]
* ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year: 2016[190]
* ICC Men's Test Team of the Year: 2013,[191] 2015,[192] 2016,[193] 2017,[194] 2021[107]
* CEAT International Cricketer of the Year: 2016–17[195]
* ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade: 2011-20[196]
* Nominee, ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade: 2011-20[197]
* ICC Men's Player of the Month: February, 2021[198]

## Career statistics[edit]

Further information: List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Ravichandran Ashwin

Ashwin's Test cricket record[199] | Mat | Runs  | Best  | Bat Avg. | 100s  | 50s  | Wickets  | Bowl Avg. | 5WI | 10WM

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Home | 55 | 1708 | 124 | 28.00 | 3 | 8 | 337 | 20.87 | 26 | 6
Away | 38 | 1448 | 118 | 26.81 | 2 | 6 | 148 | 30.33 | 8 | 2
Neutral | 1 | 29 | 22 | 14.50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11.25 | 0 | 0
Total | 94 | 3185 | 124 | 27.22 | 5 | 14 | 489 | 23.65 | 34 | 10

Ashwin has scored 3185 runs in Test matches at an average of 27.22 and 707 runs at an average of just above 16 in ODIs. Ashwin has scored five centuries and 14 half-centuries in tests to go with a single half-century in ODIs.[12]

Ashwin has taken more than 700 wickets in international cricket with 489 wickets in tests placing him ninth on the all-time list.[173][200] Ashwin has been more prolific in home conditions where he has taken 337 wickets in 55 matches at an average of under 21.[199]

Ashwin has scored a century and taken five wickets in the same Test match on three separate instances.[167] He scored more than 500 runs and took more than 50 wickets in 2016 becoming the second Indian after Kapil Dev to do so.[81] Ashwin has won ten Man of the Series awards in tests.[169]

### Centuries[edit]

Following is the list of the five centuries scored by Ashwin in international cricket.[201]

No. | Score  | Against  | Pos. | Inn. | Venue  | H/A | Date | Result | Ref

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  | 103 |  West Indies | 8  | 2  | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Home  | 22 November 2011 | Won  | [202]
2  | 124 |  West Indies | 8  | 2  | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Home  | 26 November 2013 | Draw  | [203]
3  | 113 |  West Indies | 6  | 1  | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound | Away  | 21 July 2016 | Won  | [204]
4  | 118 |  West Indies | 6  | 1  | Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet | Away  | 9 August 2016 | Won  | [205]
5  | 106 |  England | 8  | 3  | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Home  | 13 February 2021 | Won  | [206]

### Man of the Series[edit]

Following is the list of the man of the series awards won by Ashwin in international cricket.[207]

No. | Season  | Against  | H/A | Type  | Matches  | Runs  | Wickets  | Result

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  | 2011-12 |  West Indies | Home  | Test  | 3  | 121  | 22  | Won (2-1)
2  | 2012 |  New Zealand | Home  | Test  | 2  | 69  | 18  | Won (2-0)
3  | 2012-13 |  Australia | Home  | Test  | 4  | 20  | 29  | Won (4-0)
4  | 2015 |  Sri Lanka | Away  | Test  | 3  | 94  | 21  | Won (2-1)
5  | 2015-16 |  Sri Lanka | Home  | T20I  | 3  | 31  | 9  | Won (2-1)
6  | 2015-16 |  South Africa | Home  | Test  | 4  | 101  | 31  | Won (3-0)
7  | 2016 |  West Indies | Away  | Test  | 4  | 235  | 17  | Won (2-0)
8  | 2016-17 |  New Zealand | Home  | Test  | 3  | 71  | 27  | Won (3-0)
9  | 2020-21 |  England | Home  | Test  | 4  | 189  | 32  | Won (3-1)
10  | 2021-22 |  New Zealand | Home  | Test  | 2  | 70  | 14  | Won (1-0)
11  | 2022-23 |  Australia | Home  | Test  | 4  | 86  | 25  | Won (2-1)

## In popular culture[edit]

Ashwin runs his own YouTube channel where he does analysis of cricket matches, interviews and movie reviews.[208] Ashwin runs a cricket academy called "Gen-Next Cricket Institute" in Chennai where he mentors young kids.[209] Ashwin appeared in videos circulated by Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to help create electoral awareness by encouraging voters to check whether their names were on the electoral roll.[210]

## See also[edit]

* Cricket portal
* Sports portal

* List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Ravichandran Ashwin
* List of India cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut
* List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket

## References[edit]

1. ^ "The story behind the nicknames of Indian players". Cric Tracker. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
2. ^ "Pink-ball Test: Virat Kohli has a new nickname for modern-day legend R Ashwin after 400-wicket milestone". India Today. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
3. ^ "Milestone Man Ashwin's High Five!". The Hindu. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
4. ^ a b Mohan, Sai (28 April 2011). "Interview with R.Ashwin's parents". Mid-Day. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
5. ^ "R Ashwin and the spin evolution". Forbes India. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
6. ^ "Ashwin's off-beat story: Failed opening batsman to India's spin hope". The Indian Express. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
7. ^ Prasad, Bagawati (28 November 2017). "For Ashwin, it's all in the mind". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
8. ^ "St.Bede's felicitates cricketer and alumni, R. Ashwin". Mylapore Times. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
9. ^ "Alma mater that moulded Ashwin's cricketing career". Times of India. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
10. ^ Mukhopadhyay, Atreyo (15 February 2011). "Right turn". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
11. ^ Manohar, T. S. (19 October 2017). "How the four Ts built cricketing careers". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
12. ^ a b c d e "R Ashwin, profile". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
13. ^ "Group A, Chennai, December 09 - 12, 2006, Ranji Trophy Super League". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
14. ^ "South Zone, Secunderabad, February 10, 2007, Ranji One-Day Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
15. ^ "South Zone, Visakhapatnam, April 03, 2007, Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
16. ^ "Zimbabwe Triangular Series, 5th Match: India v Sri Lanka at Harare, Jun 5, 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
17. ^ "1st T20I, Harare, June 12, 2010, India tour of Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
18. ^ "2010 Asia cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
19. ^ "Sri Lanka Triangular Series, 2010 / India Squad / Players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
20. ^ "Australia tour of India [Sep–Oct 2010], 2nd ODI: India v Australia at Visakhapatnam, Oct 20, 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
21. ^ "Records / New Zealand in India ODI Series, 2010/11 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
22. ^ "Gambhir praises Ashwin, team after series sweep". ESPNcricinfo. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
23. ^ "India in South Africa ODI Series, 2010/11 / India One-Day Squad / Players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
24. ^ "No Rohit Sharma in World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
25. ^ "Final (D/N), Wankhede, April 02, 2011, ICC Cricket World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
26. ^ "Ashwin Origin story". The Hindu. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
27. ^ "Records / NatWest Series [India in England], 2011 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
28. ^ "Records/England in India ODI Series, 2011/12/Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
29. ^ "Dhoni non-committal about Ashwin's in Test squad". NDTV. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
30. ^ "West Indies tour of India, 1st Test: India v West Indies at Delhi, Nov 6–9, 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
31. ^ "The Kotla encore". ESPNcricinfo. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
32. ^ "West Indies tour of India, 2nd Test: India v West Indies at Kolkata, Nov 14–17, 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
33. ^ "Match fizzles after Ashwin century". ESPNcricinfo. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
34. ^ "Only the second draw with scores level". ESPNcricinfo. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
35. ^ "Records / West Indies in India ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
36. ^ "Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2011/12 – India / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
37. ^ "Records / CB Series, 2011/12 – Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
38. ^ "Records / Asia Cup, 2011/12 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
39. ^ "Records / India in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2012 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
40. ^ "New Zealand tour of India, 1st Test: India v New Zealand at Hyderabad (Deccan), Aug 23–26, 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
41. ^ "Ashwin spins India to innings win". ESPNcricinfo. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
42. ^ "New Zealand tour of India, 2nd Test: India v New Zealand at Bangalore, Aug 31 – Sep 3, 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
43. ^ "Records / New Zealand in India Test Series, 2012 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
44. ^ "ICC World Twenty20, 2012/13 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
45. ^ "England slump after Pujara double ton". ESPNcricinfo. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
46. ^ "Records / England in India Test Series, 2012/13 – India / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
47. ^ "Records / Pakistan in India ODI Series, 2012/13 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
48. ^ "Records / England in India ODI Series, 2012/13 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
49. ^ a b "'Kick on the backside' helped Ashwin deliver". Wisden India. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
50. ^ "Australia tour of India, 1st Test: India v Australia at Chennai, Feb 22–26, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
51. ^ "R Ashwin sets Indian record for wickets in a four-Test series". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
52. ^ "Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2012/13 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
53. ^ "Toss no advantage for Australia". ESPNcricinfo. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
54. ^ "ICC Champions Trophy, Final: England v India at Birmingham, Jun 23, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
55. ^ "Records / ICC Champions Trophy, 2013 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
56. ^ "Team of the tournament". 24 June 2013.
57. ^ "Records / Australia in India ODI Series, 2013/14 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
58. ^ "India tour of South Africa 2013/14". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
59. ^ "Records / India in New Zealand ODI Series, 2013/14 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
60. ^ "India tour of New Zealand, 3rd ODI: New Zealand v India at Auckland, Jan 25, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
61. ^ "Asia Cup, 2013/14 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
62. ^ "World T20, 2013/14 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
63. ^ "ICC announces men's ICC World Twenty20 BD 2014 Team of the Tournament".
64. ^ "Power, pace and spin: The team of the tournament". 7 April 2014.
65. ^ "India in England ODI Series, 2014 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
66. ^ "Records / Sri Lanka in India ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
67. ^ "Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2014/15 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
68. ^ "I see a lot of myself in Ravichandran Ashwin: Anil Kumble". Zee News. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
69. ^ "Records in ICC Cricket World Cup, 2014/15". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
70. ^ "ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Cricbuzz team of the tournament". 31 March 2015.
71. ^ Jayaraman, Shiva (September 2015). "All 60 wickets to India bowlers, and a rare comeback". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
72. ^ Jayaraman, Shiva (6 November 2015). "Ashwin becomes fastest Indian to 150 Test wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
73. ^ "ICC Test and ODI Teams of the Year 2015 announced". ICC. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
74. ^ "Made in the antipodes". ESPNcricinfo. January 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
75. ^ "Most wickets, 2016 Asia Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
76. ^ "India tour of West Indies, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
77. ^ "India v New Zealand, 3rd Test, Indore: 153 wickets and counting, R Ashwin a colossus at home". The Times of India. 11 October 2016.
78. ^ "England Tour of India, 2016-17". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
79. ^ a b c "Test match statistics, Ashwin". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
80. ^ a b "Most test wickets in a home test season". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
81. ^ a b c "India vs Australia 2017: R Ashwin breaks Kapil Dev's record of most wickets in home". Indian Express. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
82. ^ "The full list of ICC Awards 2016 winners". Hindustan Times. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
83. ^ "The trump cards of 2016". ESPNcricinfo. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
84. ^ "Ashwin wins Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016". International Cricket Council. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
85. ^ "Double delight for Ravichandran Ashwin at ICC Awards". The Indian Express. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
86. ^ "Australia tour of India 2016/17". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
87. ^ a b "ODI match statistics, Ashwin". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
88. ^ a b c "T20 match statistics, Ashwin". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
89. ^ "India in Sri Lanka, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
90. ^ "Sri Lanka in India, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
91. ^ "2017 ODI and Test teams announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
92. ^ "India in South Africa, 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
93. ^ "India in England, 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
94. ^ "West Indies in India, 2018-19". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
95. ^ "South Africa in India, 2019-20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
96. ^ "Bangladesh in India, 2019-20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
97. ^ "India in New Zealand, 2019-20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
98. ^ "India in Australia, 2020-21". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
99. ^ "England in India, 2020-21". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
100. ^ "IND vs ENG: Ravichandran Ashwin Becomes Fastest Indian Bowler to 400 Test Wickets | Cricket News". NDTV. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
101. ^ "Final, Southampton, June 18 - 23, 2021, ICC World Test Championship". ESPNcricinfo. 8 September 2023.
102. ^ "India's T20 World Cup squad: R Ashwin picked, MS Dhoni named mentor". ESPNcricinfo. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
103. ^ "T20 World Cup, India vs Afghanistan: Return Of Ravichandran Ashwin Was Biggest Positive, Says Virat Kohli". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 4 November 2021.
104. ^ "2nd Semi-Final (N), Adelaide, November 10, 2022, ICC Men's T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. 8 September 2023.
105. ^ "New Zealand tour of India 2021/22". ESPNcricinfo. 8 September 2023.
106. ^ "Sri Lanka tour of India 2021/22". ESPNcricinfo. 8 September 2023.
107. ^ a b "ICC Men's Test Team of the Year revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
108. ^ "India tour of South Africa 2021/22". ESPNcricinfo. 8 September 2023.
109. ^ "India in West Indies 2023". ESPNcricinfo. 8 September 2023.
110. ^ "Australia in India 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. 8 September 2023.
111. ^ "2023 ICC World Cup Final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
112. ^ "Ravichandran Ashwin says 2023 World Cup could be his last for India". The Hindu. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
113. ^ "ICC Cricket World Cup, 2023/24 Records Bowling Best Career Economy Rate". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
114. ^ "Ranji Trophy 2019-20: Ashwin, Karthik return to TN squad". The Hindu. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
115. ^ "Final, Agartala, March 09, 2009, Vijay Hazare Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
116. ^ "2nd Semi-final, Alur, December 26, 2015, Vijay Hazare Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
117. ^ "Final (N), Surat, December 01, 2019, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
118. ^ "R Ashwin bowls for South Zone". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
119. ^ "Ashwin, Iyer to lead Deodhar Trophy squads". ESPNcricinfo. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
120. ^ "Ravichandran Ashwin set for return to India Cements". New Indian Express. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
121. ^ "Ashwin in the thick of fiery altercation". cricket.com.au. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
122. ^ "TNPL Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
123. ^ "2018 TNPL final". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
124. ^ "2019 TNPL final". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
125. ^ "R Ashwin picks up 3 wickets on English county debut for Worcestershire". Hindustan Times. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
126. ^ "Team India spinner R Ashwin to rejoin Worcestershire after England Test series". Deccan Chronicle. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
127. ^ a b "Players, R Ashwin". Trentbridge. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
128. ^ "BCCI for one-year IPL contract for u-22 and 19 players". The Hindu. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
129. ^ a b c d "Player overview:Ravichandran Ashwin". IPL. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
130. ^ "Raina, Dhoni star in Chennai triumph". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
131. ^ "Warriors v Chennai: Dominant Chennai seal title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
132. ^ "Most wickets, IPL 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
133. ^ "2014 Champions League Twenty20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
134. ^ Amol (5 January 2016). "Pune picks Dhoni, Rajkot recruits Raina". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
135. ^ "Ravichandran Ashwin to miss IPL 2017 due to sports hernia injury". Hindustan Times. 31 March 2017.
136. ^ "IPL Auction 2018: Complete list of all players sold and unsold". Indian Express. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
137. ^ "IPL 2020: R Ashwin reveals why he left Kings XI Punjab for Delhi Capitals". Times Now. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
138. ^ "Drama in Jaipur as Jos Buttler mankaded by R Ashwin". ESPNcricinfo. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
139. ^ "MCC announces new Code of Laws from 1 October 2022". Lords. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
140. ^ "Kings XI Punjab trade R Ashwin to Delhi Capitals". ESPNcricinfo. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
141. ^ "R Ashwin traded to Delhi Capitals from Kings XI Punjab". IPL. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
142. ^ "DC Squad". Delhi Capitals. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
143. ^ Muthu, Deivarayan; Somani, Saurabh (12 February 2022). "Live blog: The IPL 2022 auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
144. ^ "Retired out: Ashwin, RR think out of the box". Indian Express. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
145. ^ Chakraborty, Amlan (11 April 2022). "Ashwin's 'retired out' tactic may catch on". Reuters. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
146. ^ "Most wickets in IPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
147. ^ "RCB vs RR: R Ashwin becomes 2nd off-spinner to take 150 wickets in Indian Premier League". India Today. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
148. ^ "A ball of beauty: How Ashwin used drift, flight, turn and more to fox Chapman". Indian Express. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
149. ^ "Why Ravichandran Ashwin Is One of the Most Effective Bowlers in Cricket Today". The Wire. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
150. ^ "Chennai super king: The man, the bowler, the thinker, the soup drinker. All about Ashwin". ESPNcricinfo. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
151. ^ "Chennai Super Kings v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2013, Chennai: R Ashwin the legspinner, and Steyn's spo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
152. ^ "Ravichandran Ashwin On Innovation". YouTube. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
153. ^ "R Ashwin second only to Muttiah Muralitharan on exclusive list after 21st 5-wicket haul at home". India Today. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
154. ^ "Transcript: Couch Talk with Sunil Subramaniam". The Cricket Couch. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
155. ^ "Ravichandran Ashwin to marry Sunday". New Indian Express. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
156. ^ "'Wanted to get my daughters involved too in the moment. They went, 'Did we win?'". 15 January 2021.
157. ^ "Why Ravichandran Ashwin's wife announced birth of 2nd 'carrom' baby five days after delivery". Firstpost. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
158. ^ "India v Bangladesh: R Ashwin becomes fastest to 250 Test wickets". Times of India. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
159. ^ "India vs South Africa: R Ashwin equals Muttiah Muralitharan's record for fastest to 350 Test wickets". India Today. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
160. ^ a b "Ashwin leaves New Zealand facing uphill task". ESPNcricinfo. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
161. ^ "Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Fastest to 50. wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
162. ^ Jayaraman, Shiva (14 November 2013). "Ashwin the fastest to 100 Test wickets in over 80 years". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
163. ^ "India vs New Zealand 2016: Ravichandran Ashwin second fastest in Test history to 200 wickets – Times of India". The Times of India. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
164. ^ "Test cricket bowling records for fastest to 300 wickets". Retrieved 27 November 2017.
165. ^ "2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 24–28 2017". Retrieved 27 November 2017.
166. ^ "Ravichandran Ashwin breaks Dennis Lillee's record of fastest 300 Test wickets". The Economic Times. 27 November 2017.
167. ^ a b "All-round records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
168. ^ "Ravichandran Ashwin first Indian to take 50 T20I wickets". India Today. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
169. ^ a b "Most player-of-the-series awards in tests". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
170. ^ "Most five wicket hauls in tests". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
171. ^ "Fastest to take 25 five wicket hauls". ESPNcricinfo. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
172. ^ "Fastest to take 25 five wicket hauls". News18. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
173. ^ a b "Most wickets in career in tests". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
174. ^ Rajesh, S (6 March 2022). "Stats – Jadeja continues love affair with Mohali; Ashwin goes past Kapil Dev". ESPNcricinfo.
175. ^ "R Ashwin emulates Kapil Dev's all-round feat". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
176. ^ First-ever Bowler To Dismiss Left-handers 200 Times In Test Cricket, Ravichandran Ashwin (17 February 2021). "Ravichandran Ashwin Becomes First-ever Bowler To Dismiss Left-handers 200 Times In Test Cricket". Outlook. Retrieved 17 February 2021.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
177. ^ Kumar, Saurabh (29 December 2020). "India vs Australia: R Ashwin surpasses Muttiah Muralitharan to claim unique Test record at MCG". India Today. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
178. ^ "India vs New Zealand: R Ashwin becomes 2nd fastest bowler to take 300 Test wickets at home". India Today. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
179. ^ "Ravichandran Ashwin becomes third Indian to claim 700 international wickets". The Times of India. 3 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
180. ^ "Asia cup 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
181. ^ "Final, Asia cup 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
182. ^ "2011 Cricket World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
183. ^ "2013 ICC Champions Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
184. ^ "Chennai Super Kings Squad – Indian Premier League, 2010 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
185. ^ "Chennai Super Kings Squad – Indian Premier League, 2011 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
186. ^ "Final (D/N), Johannesburg, September 26, 2010, Champions League Twenty20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
187. ^ "Poly Umrigar award for Ashwin". The Hindu. 26 December 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
188. ^ "Ashwin presented with Arjuna Award". The Hindu. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
189. ^ "R Ashwin receives Sir Garfield Sobers trophy". Business Line. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
190. ^ "ICC Awards: R Ashwin wins Cricketer of the Year award". The Times of India. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
191. ^ "ICC announces Test and ODI Teams of the Year". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
192. ^ "ICC Test and ODI Teams of the Year 2015 announced". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
193. ^ "IC Test and ODI Teams of the Year Announced" (Press release). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
194. ^ "ICC Awards: Men's Test and ODI Teams of the Year 2017 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
195. ^ "CEAT Awards". CEAT. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
196. ^ "The ICC Awards of the Decade winners announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
197. ^ "ICC Awards of the Decade announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
198. ^ "Ravichandran Ashwin Wins ICC Men's Player Of The Month Award For February". NDTV. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
199. ^ a b "Statistics / Statsguru / R Ashwin/Test Cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
200. ^ "Constant search for excellence has been incredibly draining: Ashwin after 33rd Test five-wicket haul". The Hindu. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
201. ^ "Centuries by R Ashwin". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
202. ^ "3rd Test, Wankhede, November 22 - 26, 2011, West Indies tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
203. ^ "1st Test, Eden Gardens, November 06 - 08, 2013, West Indies tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
204. ^ "1st Test, North Sound, July 21 - 24, 2016, India tour of West Indies and USA". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
205. ^ "3rd Test, Gros Islet, August 09 - 13, 2016, India tour of West Indies and USA". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
206. ^ "2nd Test, Chennai, February 13 - 16, 2021, England tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
207. ^ "Man of the Series awards". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
208. ^ "R Ashwin's YouTube Channel". Igbere TV. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
209. ^ "Ashwin's cricket academy". Gen Next Cricket. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
210. ^ "EC tweet featuring Ashwin a big hit". The Hindu. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ravichandran Ashwin.

Wikinews has related news:

* Mankading, a controversial form of dismissal in cricket causes dilemma in 2019 IPL

* Ravichandran Ashwin at ESPNcricinfo
* R Ashwin's profile page on Wisden

Awards

Preceded by

Steve Smith

|  Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
2016  | Succeeded by

Virat Kohli

Preceded by

Steve Smith

|  ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year
2016  | Succeeded by

Steve Smith

* v
* t
* e

ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year

* 2004:  Dravid
* 2005:  Kallis/ Flintoff
* 2006:  Ponting
* 2007:  Ponting
* 2008:  Chanderpaul
* 2009:  Johnson
* 2010:  Tendulkar
* 2011:  Trott
* 2012:  Sangakkara
* 2013:  Clarke
* 2014:  Johnson
* 2015:  Smith
* 2016:  Ashwin
* 2017:  Kohli
* 2018:  Kohli
* 2019:  Stokes
* 2021:  Shaheen
* 2022:  Babar

* v
* t
* e

ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year

* 2004:  Dravid
* 2005:  Kallis
* 2006:  Ponting
* 2007:  Yousuf
* 2008:  Steyn
* 2009:  Gambhir
* 2010:  Sehwag
* 2011:  Cook
* 2012:  Sangakkara
* 2013:  Clarke
* 2014:  Johnson
* 2015:  Smith
* 2016:  Ashwin
* 2017:  Smith
* 2018:  Kohli
* 2019:  Cummins
* 2021:  Root
* 2022:  Stokes

* v
* t
* e

300-wicket club in Test cricket

Australia |

* Shane Warne (708)
* Glenn McGrath (563)
* Nathan Lyon (501)
* Dennis Lillee (355)
* Mitchell Starc (338)
* Mitchell Johnson (313)
* Brett Lee (310)

England |

* James Anderson (690)
* Stuart Broad (604)
* Ian Botham (383)
* Bob Willis (325)
* Fred Trueman (307)

India |

* Anil Kumble (619)
* Ravichandran Ashwin (489)
* Kapil Dev (434)
* Harbhajan Singh (417)
* Zaheer Khan (311)
* Ishant Sharma (311)

New Zealand |

* Richard Hadlee (431)
* Tim Southee (374)
* Daniel Vettori (362)
* Trent Boult (317)

Pakistan |

* Wasim Akram (414)
* Waqar Younis (373)
* Imran Khan (362)

South Africa |

* Dale Steyn (439)
* Shaun Pollock (421)
* Makhaya Ntini (390)
* Allan Donald (330)
* Morné Morkel (309)

Sri Lanka |

* Muttiah Muralitharan (800)
* Rangana Herath (433)
* Chaminda Vaas (355)

West Indies |

* Courtney Walsh (519)
* Curtly Ambrose (405)
* Malcolm Marshall (376)
* Lance Gibbs (309)

Current players are listed in bold.

India squads

* v
* t
* e

India squad – 2010 Asia Cup – Champions (5th title)

* 1 Dhoni (c & wk)
* 2 Karthik
* 3 Ashwin
* 4 Dinda
* 5 Gambhir
* 6 Harbhajan
* 7 Jadeja
* 8 Zaheer
* 9 Kohli
* 10 Praveen
* 11 Ojha
* 12 Nehra
* 13 Raina
* 14 Rohit
* 15 Sehwag

* v
* t
* e

India squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup – Champions (2nd title)

* 3 Harbhajan
* 5 Gambhir
* 7 Dhoni (c & wk)
* 10 Tendulkar
* 11 Chawla
* 12 Yuvraj
* 13 Patel
* 18 Kohli
* 28 Pathan
* 34 Khan
* 36 Sreesanth
* 44 Sehwag (vc)
* 48 Raina
* 64 Nehra
* 99 Ashwin
* Coach: Kirsten

* v
* t
* e

India squad – 2012 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

* Sehwag
* 2 Dinda
* 3 Singh
* 5 Gambhir (vc)
* 7 Dhoni (c, wk)
* 9 Tiwary
* 11 Chawla
* 12 Singh
* 18 Kohli
* 34 Khan
* 48 Raina
* 55 Balaji
* 56 Pathan
* 77 Sharma
* 99 Ashwin
* Coach: Dravid

* v
* t
* e

India squad – 2013 ICC Champions Trophy – Champions (2nd title)

* 7 Dhoni (c & wk)
* 8 Jadeja
* 9 Mishra
* 1 I Sharma
* 3 Raina
* 18 Kohli (vc)
* 6 Vijay
* 25 Dhawan
* 45 R Sharma
* 99 Ashwin
* 19 Karthik
* 15 B Kumar
* 56 I Pathan
* 73 Umesh
* 23 V Kumar
* Coach: Fletcher

* v
* t
* e

India squad – 2014 ICC Men's T20 World Cup - Runners-up

* 3 Raina
* 6 Sharma
* 7 Dhoni (c, wk)
* 8 Jadeja
* 9 Mishra
* 11 Shami
* 12 Singh
* 15 Kumar
* 17 Rahane
* 18 Kohli (vc)
* 25 Dhawan
* 45 Sharma
* 77 Aaron
* 84 Binny
* 99 Ashwin
* Coach: Dravid

* v
* t
* e

India squad – 2015 Cricket World Cup - Semi-finalists

* 48 Raina
* 5 Rayudu
* 6 Mohit
* 7 Dhoni (c & wk)
* 8 Jadeja
* 11 Shami
* 15 Bhuvneshwar
* 18 Kohli (vc)
* 20 Axar
* 25 Dhawan
* 27 Rahane
* 45 Rohit
* 73 Umesh
* 84 Binny
* 99 Ashwin
* Coach: Fletcher

* v
* t
* e

India squad – 2016 ICC Men's T20 World Cup - Semi-finalists

* 3 Singh
* 6 Negi
* 7 Dhoni (c, wk)
* 8 Jadeja
* 9 Pandey
* 11 Shami
* 12 Singh
* 18 Kohli (vc)
* 25 Dhawan
* 27 Rahane
* 33 Pandya
* 41 Iyer
* 45 Sharma
* 48 Raina
* 57 Nehra
* 93 Bumrah
* 99 Ashwin
* Coach: Shastri

* v
* t
* e

India squad – 2016 Asia Cup – Champions (6th title)

* 1 Dhoni (c & wk)
* 2 Ashwin
* 3 Bumrah
* 4 Dhawan
* 5 Jadeja
* 6 Kohli
* 7 Bhuvneshwar
* 8 Negi
* 9 Nehra
* 10 Pandya
* 11 Patel
* 12 Rahane
* 13 Raina
* 14 Rohit
* 15 Harbhajan
* 16 Yuvraj

* v
* t
* e

India squad – 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

* 1 Rahul
* 8 Jadeja
* 11 Shami
* 15 Kumar
* 17 Pant (wk)
* 18 Kohli (c)
* 20 Patel
* 28 Chahar
* 29 Chakravarthy
* 32 Kishan (wk)
* 33 Pandya
* 41 Iyer
* 45 Sharma (vc)
* 54 Thakur
* 57 Hooda
* 63 Suryakumar
* 90 Chahar
* 93 Bumrah
* 99 Ashwin
* Coach: Ravi Shastri

Thakur replaced Patel due to injury

* v
* t
* e

India squad – 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup – Semi-finalists

* 1 Rahul (vc)
* 2 Singh
* 3 Chahal
* 11 Shami
* 15 Kumar
* 17 Pant (wk)
* 18 Kohli
* 19 Karthik (wk)
* 20 Patel
* 33 Pandya
* 36 Patel
* 41 Iyer
* 45 Sharma (c)
* 54 Thakur
* 57 Hooda
* 63 Suryakumar
* 73 Siraj
* 90 Chahar
* 93 Bumrah
* 99 Ashwin
* Coach: Rahul Dravid

Shami replaced Bumrah and Thakur replaced Chahar due to injury

* v
* t
* e

India squad – 2023 Cricket World Cup - Runners-up

* 1 Rahul (wk)
* 8 Jadeja
* 11 Shami
* 18 Kohli
* 23 Kuldeep
* 24 Krishna
* 32 Kishan (wk)
* 33 Pandya (vc)
* 45 Sharma (c)
* 54 Thakur
* 63 Suryakumar
* 73 Siraj
* 77 Gill
* 93 Bumrah
* 96 Iyer
* 99 Ashwin

* Coach: Rahul Dravid

Ravichandran Ashwin and Prasidh Krishna were not initially in the squad, but were named as replacements for Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya.

* v
* t
* e

Tamil Nadu cricket team - current squad

* 5 Aparajith
* 99 Ashwin
* 67 Balaji
* Crist
* Indrajith
* 19 D Karthik
* Kaushik
* M. Mohammed
* Mukund (c)
* Prasanna
* Rangarajan
* Parameswaran
* Sathish
* R Shah
* Shankar
* Srinivas
* 00 Vijay
* Warrier

* Coach: Raman

* v
* t
* e

Rajasthan Royals - current squad

* 1 Abid Mushtaq
* 3 Chahal
* 5 Parag
* 11 Samson (c)
* 17 Burger
* 18 Boult
* 19 Jaiswal
* 20 S. Sharma
* 21 Jurel
* 22 Sen
* 24 Krishna
* 27 Shubham Dubey
* 32 Kohler-Cadmore
* 52 Powell
* 63 Buttler
* 65 Avesh Khan
* 88 Zampa
* 96 Saini
* 99 Ashwin
* 189 Hetmyer
* — Ferreira
* — Rathore

* Director of Cricket Operations: Sangakkara
* Development & Performance Director: Bharucha
* Lead Assistant Coach: Penney
* Spin Bowling Coach: Bahutule
* Fast Bowling Coach: Malinga
* Fielding Coach: Yagnik

* High-performance Fast Bowling Coach: Jones
* Team Catalyst: Upton

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template
*[Mat]: Matches
*[Bat Avg.]: Batting Average
*[Bowl Avg.]: Bowling Average
*[5WI]: 5 wickets in an innings
*[10WM]: 10 wickets in a match
*[No.]: Number
*[Pos.]: Position in the batting order
*[Inn.]: The innings of the match
*[H/A]: Home or Away venue
*[Date]: Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
*[Result]: The result of the match from India's perspective
*[Ref]: Reference