Ravichandran Ashwin Bio, Age, Wife, Height, Stats

Ravichandran Ashwin Bio: Ravichandran Ashwin was born on 17th September 1986. He is a professional Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian Cricket team. Ashwin is considered an All-rounder whose bowling style is right-arm off-break and a right-handed batsman. R. Ashwin plays for the Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League and in domestic cricket, he plays for Tamil Nadu. He is the fastest bowler in the Indian Cricket team to get 250, 300, and 350 wickets in Test Cricket. He was the third Indian to win the ICC Cricket of the Year award in 2016. He is the highest-ranked spinner in Test cricket as of now.

The player has won various awards through his performance. During Junior Level Cricket, the player achieved very little as an opening batsman. As a result, he dropped down from the position and turned himself into an off-break bowler. In December 2006, Ashwin finally made his debut and handled the Tamil Nadu Team in the following season of the tournament. When Ravi Ashwin got the chance to play for Chennai Super Kings in 2010, he started coming into the limelight. If you want to know more about Ravichandran Ashwin Bio then do read the following article till the end.

Ravichandran Ashwin Bio

Ravichandran Ashwin was a part of the Indian Team when they won ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011. He also made his test debut in 2011 only when he played against West Indies. The player also managed to take 5 wicket haul on his Test debut. Ashwin’s performance was praised in the subcontinent. However, his performance was not praiseworthy in other places such as Australia and England.

R. Ashwin became the fastest bowler to take 250 Test wickets in 2017 while he was playing his 45th Test. The player played his 66th Test Match in October 2019 where he become the joint-fastest bowler to take his 350th Test wicket along with the cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan. He became the first batsman to retire out in IPL when he played for Rajsthan Royal against LSG on 10th April 2022.

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Ravichandran Ashwin Early Life

The player was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is currently living in West Mambalam, Chennai. His father’s name was Ravichandran. He also played cricket at Club Level and was a fast bowler. The player completed his studies at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan and St. Bede’s Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School.

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After his schooling, he decided to study B.Tech in Information Technology. He got successful in getting a degree from the SSN College of Engineering. As per the player, his cricket career mostly take a lift when he was studying in St. Bede. They had a cricket academy and Ashwin used to practice there. He also states that C. K. Vijay and Chandra have played a very crucial role in his career and the reason behind his changes in bowling style.

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R. Ashwin Career

After his incredible performance in the 2010 IPL, he got selected for the Indian squad that was touring Zimbabwe in May – June 2010. On 5th June 2010, he made his debut in ODI against Sri Lanka where he managed to score 38 in 32 balls and took 2/50. However, the team did not win the series. Later on, he made his T20I debut and help India to victory. He was also selected for the tri-series but remained on the seat for most of the series.

In November-December 2010, Ravi Ashwin played five matches in the home series and become the leading wicket-taker. In spite of the success, he did not get the chance to play in five ODIs. Although, he did get the position of a 15-member World Cup team with Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla. Ashwin also became the second-highest wicket-taker in England series held in October 2011 after Jadeja.

Ashwin made his Test debut and earned a cap from one of the best cricketers in the world i.e., Sachin Tendulkar. He also managed to get the Man of the Match award. In the second Test, he took four wickets and 5 wickets in the third Test. In 1962, he became the third Indian cricketer to score a century and take 5 wickets haul at the same Test. R. Ashwin took 5 wickets in the three matches of the Asia Cup held in 2012. After that, his form was not quite good.

In the two-match Home Test Series, his form returned and took several wickets against New Zealand. His figures were better than S. Venkataraghavan’s in Tests. The player succeeded in achieving the Man of the Series Award by taking 18 wickets.

In 2012 during the 1st Test Ashwin become the fastest Indian to get 50 wickets in the Test series but the team did not manage to win the series. Ashwin took three wickets in the ODI series against Pakistan and seven wickets against England in the ODI series. After the series, Ashwin worked with his childhood coach named Sunil Subramaniam and changed his bowling style before the Test Series against Australia.

During the freedom Trophy Test Series in November 2015, Aswin remains the star performer. He also became the first fastest Indian bowler to reach 150 wickets in Test cricket during the same series. The player was also named 12th person in the World test XI by the ICC because of his performance in 2015. In 2016, he took 27 wickets in the Test against New Zealand Tour. As a result, he was again named in the World test XI by Cricinfo as well as ICC.

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ICC named Ashwin ICC cricketer and Test Cricketer of the Year (2016). The player was again named in the World Test XI for his performance in 2017 by the ICC. The player got selected for ICC Men T20 World Cup Squad in September 2021. ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings for bowlers and all-rounders placed Ashwin in the second position in December 2021.

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Ravi Ashwin Personal Life

Ashwin was in a relationship with his childhood friend named Prithi Narayanan for a long time. After a long time, they finally decided to get together. They got married on 13th November 2011. They both welcomed two children named Akhira and Aadhya. As you know Ashwin was born and brought up in Tamil Nadu only. So, Tamil Nadu Election Commission also used Ashwin to aware the citizens of the states. They created electoral awareness by encouraging the citizens to check whether their name is on the electoral roll or not.

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