Ravichandran Ashwin
Full name Ravichandran Ashwin
Born September 17, 1986, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Current age 22 years 292 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 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 697 | 103* | 31.68 | 1378 | 50.58 | 1 | 3 | 105 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| List A | 26 | 17 | 4 | 225 | 50* | 17.30 | 337 | 66.76 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3.75 | 24 | 62.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 20 | 34 | 4809 | 2197 | 80 | 6/64 | 11/129 | 27.46 | 2.74 | 60.1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| List A | 26 | 26 | 1394 | 909 | 32 | 3/25 | 3/25 | 28.40 | 3.91 | 43.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 12 | 11 | 226 | 226 | 12 | 3/15 | 3/15 | 18.83 | 6.00 | 18.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | Tamil Nadu v Haryana at Chennai, Dec 9-12, 2006 scorecard |
| Last First-class | South Zone v West Zone at Chennai, Feb 5-9, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | Andhra v Tamil Nadu at Secunderabad, Feb 10, 2007 scorecard |
| Last List A | South Zone v Zimbabwe President's XI at Cuttack, Mar 14, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Andhra v Tamil Nadu at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab at Durban, May 20, 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
- Chennai deal Punjab killer blow in low-scorer (May 20, 2009)
- Mukund leads Tamil Nadu to one-day title (Mar 9, 2009)
- Hyderabad make Saurashtra sweat (Dec 19, 2008)
- Ishant, Rohit and Badrinath benefit from new contracts (Dec 15, 2008)
- Karnataka cling on for a draw (Nov 13, 2008)
Feb 6, 2009
R Ashwin bowls for South Zone
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Nov 21, 2007
R Ashwin, profile
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Nov 5, 2007
Tamil Nadu's R Ashwin picked up 6 for 133
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