Indian cricket team's star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has retired from international cricket. Ashwin left engineering and entered cricket and gave many memorable performances. He started his career as an opening batter and medium pacer, but later specialized in off-spin. Ashwin has created many records. After the Brisbane Test, he announced his retirement in a press conference.
Ravi Ashwin was very gifted in studies 38-year-old Ravichandran Ashwin was born on 17 September 1986 in Mylapore, Chennai. His father Ravichandran himself was a club cricketer and fast bowler. Ashwin was also very gifted in studies. He completed his schooling from Chennai and then graduated in IT from SSN College of Engineering. However, he said goodbye to engineering and made cricket his passion.
Became a spinner due to injuries Few people know that Ashwin started his cricket career as an opening batsman. Later he also bowled medium pace. His childhood coach CK Vijay advised him to bowl off spin. There were two reasons behind it. First, Ashwin's height was 6 feet 2 inches, which is considered suitable for off-spin. Secondly, he suffered an injury during under-16 cricket, after which he started having difficulty running. So he was suggested to spin bowling.
Ashwin took a total of 9 wickets in the Test debut match.
Entered international cricket in 2010 Ashwin is also known as 'Ash' or 'Ash Anna' by cricket fans. He played his first domestic match in 2006 against Haryana. In this match he impressed everyone by taking 6 wickets. He made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in 2010 and took 2 wickets. Ashwin made his Test debut in 2011 against West Indies in Delhi. He performed brilliantly in this match and took a total of 9 wickets. He shocked everyone by taking 3 wickets in the first innings and 6 in the second innings. He was also selected as 'Player of the Match'. He was also part of the 2011 World Cup winning Indian team.
Ashwin took 537 wickets in 106 Tests R. Ashwin took 537 wickets in 106 matches in Test cricket. He has 37 five-wicket hauls and has taken 10 wickets in a match 8 times. R. Ashwin also took 156 ODI wickets. Ashwin took 72 wickets in T-20.
As a batsman, Ashwin scored 3503 runs in Test cricket and scored a total of 6 Test centuries. He has a total of 8 centuries in first class cricket.
Indian who took the most five wickets Ashwin has taken 37 five-wicket hauls in Tests, the most by an Indian bowler. After that comes Kumble. Kumble took five wickets in 35 innings in the Test. The overall record for taking five wickets in the most innings is held by Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka. He has taken five wickets 67 times. Ashwin is joint second with Shane Warne.
Ravichandran Ashwin has won the Player of the Series award 11 times.
Most Player of the Series Award Ravichandran Ashwin has equaled Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan for the most Player of the Series awards in Tests. Both have won the Player of the Series award 11 times.
Left-handed batsmen dismissed the most times Ravichandran Ashwin holds the record for most dismissals of left-handed batsmen in Test cricket. He has dismissed 266 left-handed batters so far. The specialty of Ashwin's bowling is that he has been very successful against left-handed batsmen. This record is a major achievement of his cricket career.
Who took how many wickets against left-handed batsmen?
| bowler | wickets |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 268 |
| James Anderson | 221 |
| Stuart Broad | 193 |
| Muthiah Muralitharan | 191 |
| Nathan Lyon | 188 |
| Shane Warne | 172 |
| Glenn McGrath | 172 |
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