Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin is the fastest Indian bowler (also in some records the joint-fastest within the world) to succeed in the 50-, 100-, 150-, 200-, 250-, 300-, 350-, and 400-wicket mark in Test cricket. In 2016, he became the third Indian to win the ICC Cricketer of the Year award. He is currently the very best ranked spinner in Test cricket, and therefore the highest-ranked Test bowler for India on the ICC Player Rankings.

On 12 June 2010, he made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe at Harare, where he picked 1/22 in four overs in an Indian win. In October, the selectors decided to rest first-choice players in the three-match home ODI series against Australia, enabling Ashwin to get selected in the team again. Ashwin was the most economical bowler in the only match played in the series in which he took 1/34 in nine overs while India registered a five-wicket victory.

Ashwin made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 5 June 2010. Ashwin played the fourth and fifth ODI of a tour of West Indies in June–July 2011 but picked only one wicket. Ashwin was retained within the limited-overs squad for England tour. He emerged as India’s best bowler of the series, during which India lost 3–0, taking six wickets at a mean of 25.16. England toured India in October 2011 and was whitewashed within the ODI series 5–0. With 10 scalps at 20.20, Ashwin was the second-highest wicket-taker of the series, only behind teammate Jadeja.