The present captain of Kings XI Punjab, Ravichandran Ashwin is one Indian bowler that has been demolishing the opposite team since he stepped on the ground for the first time. Born on 17 September 1986, this 33-year-old bowler got his inclination towards cricket from his father, Ravichandran. After looking at his calibre, both his coaches C.K.Vijay and Chandra suggested him to change his bowling style from a medium pace to off-spin, and there was no looking back from that day. Today Ravichandran Ashwin's profile looks very promising, and he has perched himself with some of the best bowlers in the history of cricket. Now let’s look at some of Ravichandran Ashwin's records and achievements.
Name | Ravindrachandran Ashwin |
Date of Birth | 17 September 1986 |
Birthplace | Chennai |
Height | 6 ft |
Playing Role | Right Arm Off Break/ Right Handed Batsman |
Spouse | Prithi Narayanan |
ICC Rankings- | |
Bowling | |
Test | 9 |
Ravichandran Ashwin is also referred to as Ash by his loving fans. After converting his bowling style to off-spin, Ashwin started perfecting it. In the early stages of his career, he was playing the role of opening batsman for India under 17's. That marked the beginning of his amazing career.
Through his incredible performance in the 2010 IPL, he managed to make it to the Indian Cricket Team. Ravichandran Ashwin's test career began in 2011, and over the years he has proved his calibre time and again. Read on to know Ravichandran Ashwin's overseas records.
He started his IPL career in the year 2009 with Chennai Super Kings. Ashwin was one of the pivotal players who helped CSK lift the title in both 2010 and 2011. In the 2018 IPL auction, Kings XI Punjab bought Ashwin and later declared him as the Captain of the Team.
Format | Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest score | Avg | Strike Rate | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
Test | 70 | 96 | 2385 | 124 | 28.73 | 54.68 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 269 | 14 |
ODI | 111 | 61 | 675 | 65 | 16.07 | 86.98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 6 |
T20I | 46 | 11 | 123 | 31 | 30.75 | 106.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
IPL | 139 | 52 | 375 | 45 | 10.71 | 110.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 10 |
Format | Matches | Innings | Balls Bowled | Runs | Wkts | BBM | Econ | Avg | Strike Rate | 5W | 10W |
Test | 70 | 131 | 19412 | 9183 | 362 | 13/140 | 2.84 | 25.37 | 53.62 | 27 | 7 |
ODI | 111 | 109 | 6021 | 4937 | 150 | 4/25 | 4.92 | 32.91 | 40.14 | 0 | 0 |
T20I | 46 | 46 | 1026 | 1193 | 52 | 4/8 | 6.98 | 22.94 | 19.73 | 0 | 0 |
IPL | 139 | 136 | 2924 | 3309 | 125 | 4/34 | 6.79 | 26.47 | 23.39 | 0 | 0 |
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