Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin

Ashwin in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 38) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Nickname	Ash,[1] Lege[2]
Height	188[3] cm (6 ft 2 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	All rounder
Website	raviashwin.com
International information
National side	India (2010–present)
Test debut (cap 271)	6 November 2011 v West Indies
Last Test	1 November 2024 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 185)	5 June 2010 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	8 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 105 116 65 156 Runs scored 3,474 707 184 5,221 Batting average 25.92 16.44 26.28 28.06 100s/50s 6/14 0/1 0/0 7/25 Top score 124 65 31* 124 Balls bowled 27,138 6,141 1,452 40,702 Wickets 536 156 72 758 Bowling average 23.95 33.20 23.22 24.81 5 wickets in innings 37 0 0 55 10 wickets in match 8 0 0 12 Best bowling 7/59 4/25 4/8 7/59 Catches/stumpings 36/– 30/– 11/– 58/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  India ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 2011 India-Bangladesh-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, 4 November 2024
YouTube information
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Last updated: 9 March 2024

Ravichandran Ashwin (Tamil: [ɾaʋitɕand̪iɾan aɕʋin]; 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 500 wickets in Tests and was the fastest bowler to reach 300 test wickets in terms of number of innings. He has won eleven Man of the Series awards in Tests, which is the most for any cricketer, along with Muttiah Muralitharan. As an all-rounder in Test cricket, he bats down the order, has scored six Test centuries and is one of the only three players to have scored 3000 runs and taken 500 wickets in Tests. As of September 2024, he is the highest-ranked bowler in the ICC men's player rankings and the highest rated Indian bowler ever in Test cricket.

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 the 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, Ashwin made his Test debut against West Indies and became the seventh Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul on debut. He 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, he took 48 wickets and scored 336 runs in eight Test matches, 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 the Arjuna award by the Government of India.