Full name Ravichandran Ashwin
Born September 17, 1986, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Current age 23 years 68 days
Major teams India, Chennai Super Kings, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Under-14s
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 23 | 32 | 8 | 742 | 103* | 30.91 | 1486 | 49.93 | 1 | 3 | 110 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| List A | 29 | 18 | 4 | 236 | 50* | 16.85 | 357 | 66.10 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3.75 | 24 | 62.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 23 | 40 | 5753 | 2609 | 90 | 6/64 | 11/129 | 28.98 | 2.72 | 63.9 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| List A | 29 | 29 | 1556 | 993 | 36 | 3/25 | 3/25 | 27.58 | 3.82 | 43.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 14 | 13 | 274 | 266 | 17 | 3/15 | 3/15 | 15.64 | 5.82 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | Tamil Nadu v Haryana at Chennai, Dec 9-12, 2006 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Punjab v Tamil Nadu at Amritsar, Nov 17-20, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | Andhra v Tamil Nadu at Secunderabad, Feb 10, 2007 scorecard |
| Last List A | India Blue v India Red at Nagpur, Oct 11, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Andhra v Tamil Nadu at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Goa v Tamil Nadu at Visakhapatnam, Sep 26, 2009 scorecard |
A tall offspinner who bowls with a high-arm action and is studying to be an engineer, R Ashwin has some uncanny similarities with S Venkataraghavan, but for the moment the comparison should end there. Ashwin is taking his first steps in Ranji Trophy cricket. He made big strides in his debut season in 2006-07, leading the wickets tally for Tamil Nadu with 31 scalps at under 20. He was impressive the following the season with both bat and ball before a wrist injury unfortunately forced him out for four weeks in the middle of the season. He later made it to the Chennai Super Kings squad in the inaugural Indian Premier League. Ashwin continued to perform consistently at the domestic level, earning a Grade D contract by the BCCI, and under his captaincy Tamil Nadu were crowned Indian domestic one-day champions in 2009.
Cricinfo Staff March 2009
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