Ravichandran Ashwin (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian international cricketer. An all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off break, Ashwin plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. He is the fastest Indian bowler to reach the 50-, 100-, 150-, 200-, 250-, 300- and 350-wicket mark in Test cricket in terms of number of innings.
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Ravichandran Ashwin (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian international cricketer. An all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off break, Ashwin plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. He is the fastest Indian bowler to reach the 50-, 100-, 150-, 200-, 250-, 300- and 350-wicket mark in Test cricket in terms of number of innings. In 2016, he became the third Indian to win the ICC Cricketer of the Year award. He was the leading wicket-taker and player of the tournament of the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa. Ashwin was also part of the Indian squad that won the 2011 Cricket World Cup. In October 2019, in his 66th Test match, he will become the joint-fastest bowler, along with Muttiah Muralitharan, to take his 350th Test wicket. He won the Arjuna Award in 2014 and the BCCI’s international cricketster of the year for the 2012–13 season. In 2017, playing his 45th Test,. Ashwin became the fastest bowler to pick up 250 Test wickets, bettering Dennis Lillee, who had achieved the landmark in 48 Tests. In 2013, he took 29 wickets in a four-match Test series against Australia, the most by any India bowler in a Test series. He has earned the reputation of being a bowling all-round. His father played cricket at club level as a fast bowler.
He started his career as aFast bowler but changed into a spin bowler on the back of his impressive performance in the 2010 Indian Premier league. He made his Test debut against West Indies and became the seventh Indian to take a five- wicket haul on Test debut. He played for Chennai Super Kings in theIndian Premier League and captained the team the following season. He did not get a game in the ODI tri-series against New Zealand and Sri Lanka, with Pragyan Ojha and Jadeja being preferred. His T20I debut came a week later against Zimbabwe at Harare Harare where he took 122 in four overs in an Indian win. He took two five-wickets hauls and scored a century in that series and won the player of-the-series award. In June 2010, he was selected for the second-string squad that toured Zimbabwe and took 38 wickets and took 250 in that match. In May 2011, he made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka and scored 32 runs. He also played for the South Zone cricket team in the South African Premier League, scoring a 32-ball 38 and taking 250 wickets. In the 2010 IPL, he came into the limelight with his economical bowling and earned his maiden international call-up in the limited-overs formats in June 2010. In 2012 he was the top wicket taker and player in the Chennai Super King’s Twenty20 tournament.
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