Ravichandran Ashwin
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Ravichandran Ashwin (born 17 September 1986 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian cricketer playing for the international team. He is a right arm spin bowler. But he bats too well in Test cricket.Ashwin is a right hand batsman. He is a 6 ft 2 inch tall cricketer.
Cricket statistics
[change | change source]Ravichandran Ashwin had played for Indian international cricket team, Chennai Super Kings (IPL), Rising Pune Supergiants (IPL), Tamil Nadu (Ranji trophy) etc. teams.
Test cricket
[change | change source]Ashwin scored 2 centuries in Test cricket, 124 and 103 both vs West Indies cricket team. His best bowling figure in Test cricket is 12/85 vs Australia in Hyderabad.[1] Ashwin is the fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 wickets in 18th Test match and 5th fastest bowler in the world.[2] He became the first Indian to hit a century and take 5 wickets in the same match. The third Indian to receive Man of the Match award on debut. He took 28 wickets in a single series against Australia beating Anil Kumble's world record. He totally picked up 176 wickets and scored 1204 runs in 32 Matches.
One day Internationals
[change | change source]Ravichandran Ashwin scored 658 runs and picked up 142 wickets in 102 matches. His best bowling figure in ODI is 4/25 vs U.A.E in World Cup 2015. He is appreciated in One day Internationals for his economy rate while bowling and different variations. His highest batting score is 65 vs New Zealand.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Jayaraman, Shiva. "Ashwin the fastest to 100 Test wickets in over 80 years". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Fastest to 50 wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "Ravichandran Ashwin". Cricinfo.