Ravichandran Ashwin is an Indian International cricketer and an all-rounder. He was a fastest Indian Bowler who plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket. In Test cricket he made a record of winning 350 wickets and in 2016 he won the ICC cricketer of the year award as a third Indian player. In 2014 Indian government honored him with India’s highest sporting honor Arjuna award.
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Indian Cricket Player Ravichandran Ashwin Profile:
Full Name | Ravichandran Ashwin |
Nick Name | Ash |
Date Of Birth | 17 September 1986 |
Age | 34 Years |
Birth Place | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Marital Status | Married |
Playing Role | All rounder |
Batting Style | Right handed bat |
Bowling Style | Right arm off break |
Religion | Hinduism |
Jersey Number | #99 |
Coach | Sunil Subramaniam |
Ravichandran Ashwin Physical Statics :
Hair Color | Black |
Eye Color | Black |
Height | 188cm |
Weight | 75kg |
Ravichandran Ashwin Family & Relationships :
Father Name | Ravichandran |
Mother Name | Chitra |
Spouse Name | Narayanan Prithi |
Daughters Name | Akhira, Aadhya |
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Biography Of Ravichandran Ashwin :
Ravichandran Ashwin Childhood :
Ashwin born in a Tamil family and lives in Mambalam, Chennai. His father was a former fast bowler in the cricket club. Ashwin completes his schoolings in Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan and St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School. He was a B.tech graduate and completes his degree in SSN college of Engineering.
In the beginning of his cricket career he wants to become an Opening batsman. But in his 14th age he faced an injury in his hip bones and it breaks all his dreams. Later he decided to become a fast bowler, but because of his mother’s advice he dropped that idea and focus in a spin bowling. That idea really works on him and soon he received a call.
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Ravichandran Ashwin Early Life :
In 2006 he made his first class debut for Tamil Nadu and his team won the cricket world cup 2011 with his contribution. His part of IPL begins at the year 2009 with Chennai Super Kings and the team won the title in both years 2010 and 2011. In 2016 and 2017 CSK got banned and he participated in the Rising Pune Supergiants in the year 2016. In 2018 he was picked by Kings XI Punjab for 7.6 crore and later he was appointed as the captain of the team. In 2019 he was bought by Delhi capitals in the IPL auction and he continued there in 2020.
Ravichandran Ashwin Played Teams :
India, Board Presidents XI, Chennai Super Kings, Tamil Nadu, Indians, Rising Pune Supergiant, Dindigul Dragons, Worcestershire, Kings XI Punjab, India A, Rest of India, Nottinghamshire, Delhi Capitals, Yorkshire
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Ravichandran Ashwin Career Information :
- Test debut : On Nov 06, 2011 vs West Indies at Arun Jaitley Stadium
- Last Test : On Feb 21, 2020 vs New Zealand at Basin Reserve
- ODI debut : On Jun 05, 2010 vs Sri Lanka at Harare Sports Club
- Last ODI : On Jun 30, 2017 vs West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
- T20 debut : On Jun 12, 2010 vs Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club
- Last T20 : On Jul 09, 2017 vs West Indies at Sabina Park
- IPL debut : On Apr 18, 2009 vs MI at Newlands
- Last IPL : On Nov 10, 2020 vs MI at Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Achievements Of Ravichandran Ashwin :
- In 2006 he made his debut for Ranji Trophy.
- In 2008 he made his IPL debut.
- In 2010 he made his ODI and T20I debut
- In 2011 he made his Test debut
- In 2016 he was selected as the captain of Kings XI Punjab in IPL
- In 2019 he made his debut for Nottinghamshire
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Ravichandran Ashwin Batting & Fielding Records
TYPE | M | I | R | HS | AVE | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4S | 6s |
Test | 71 | 98 | 2389 | 124 | 28.11 | 54.62 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 270 | 14 |
ODI | 111 | 61 | 675 | 65 | 16.07 | 86.98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 6 |
T20 | 46 | 11 | 123 | 31 | 30.75 | 106.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
IPL | 154 | 58 | 412 | 45 | 10.84 | 110.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 |
Ravichandran Ashwin Bowling Career
M | I | B | R | W | BBI | ECO | AVG | SR | 5W | 10W | |
Test | 71 | 132 | 19586 | 9282 | 365 | 7/59 | 2.84 | 25.43 | 53.66 | 27 | 7 |
ODI | 111 | 109 | 6021 | 4937 | 150 | 4/25 | 4.92 | 32.91 | 40.14 | 0 | 0 |
T20 | 46 | 46 | 1026 | 1193 | 52 | 4/8 | 6.98 | 22.94 | 19.73 | 0 | 0 |
IPL | 154 | 151 | 3230 | 3700 | 138 | 4/34 | 6.87 | 26.81 | 23.41 | 0 | 0 |
Records Of Ravichandran Ashwin :
- Third Indian cricketer to get the man of the match award on Debut.
- In Test match he become the fastest Indian to record 50 Wickets.
- He was the first Indian to take 50 wickets in T20I
- He won 6 man of the series award
- Fastest player to reach 250 wickets in test match
- Fastest bowler to take 25 fifers
- He scored most number of wickets as a bowler in home season


Awards Of Ravichandran Ashwin :
- Arjuna Award
- Test Team of the Year: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
- BCCI’s Dilip Sardesai Award
- BCCI’s Polly Umrigar Award
- ICC Test player of the year – 2016
- ICC cricketer of the year 2016
- CEAT cricketer of the year 2016-2017
Ravichandran Ashwin on Social Media:
- INSTAGRAM : @rashwin99
- TWITTER : @ashwinravi99
- FACEBOOK : @AshwinRaviOfficial
Ravichandran Ashwin Hobbies & Favourites :
- Hobbies : Reading, Watching Movies, Tennis, Basket Ball and Football
- Favourite Batsman : Sachin Tendulkar, Clive Lloyd, Vivian Richards
- Favourite Bowler : Shane Warne
- Favourite Ball : Carrom Ball
- Favourite Food : Chocolates
- Favourite Actor : Santhanam
- Favourite All rounder : Kapil Dev
- Favourite Musicians : A.R. Rahman, Shoaib Bhushan
- Favourite Film : 3 Idiots ,Vertical Limit (Hollywood), Boss Engira Baskaran
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