Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin leaves as part of an illustrious group of 11 with more than 3000 runs and 300 wickets in Tests. And only the legendary Muttiah Muralidaran could match his tally of 11 Player-of-the-Series awards.

R Ashwin retires from the Test cricket as the second highest wicket-taker for India with 537 wickets in 106 matches.

Ravichandran Ashwin retires as the second-highest wicket taker for India in Tests. The carrom-ball specialist accounted for 537 wickets in 106 matches.

Ravichandran Ashwin revisited the 'Mankad' episode involving Jos Buttler while discussing the IPL auction on his YouTube channel.

Senior India off-spinner R Ashwin says he has figured out ways to tackle Australian batting mainstay Steve Smith in the upcoming five-match Test series, extending their fascinating, decade-old rivalry in top-flight cricket.

Veteran Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon, expected to play a vital role in the upcoming five-Test Border-Gavaskar series, is a more "complete" bowler compared to India's Ravichandran Ashwin, former South African bowler Paul Adams, who became popular for his unorthodox action.

India's senior off-spinner R Ashwin has described the 0-3 whitewash in the Test series against New Zealand as "shattering" and took the blame for the unprecedented drubbing at home.

India captain Rohit Sharma on Saturday defended the spin pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, whose lack of exploits on a spin-friendly wicket had a role to play in the team's first Test series loss at home in 12 years.

Jolted by an unexpected loss on home turf, star-heavy India will look for right balance in the line-up to counter-attack against a spunky New Zealand in the crucial second Test beginning here on Thursday.

Top-order batter Rachin Ravindra said on Monday that nullifying the twin threat posed by senior spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will be crucial to New Zealand’s success in the three-match series against India.

Premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday agreed that having a limited number of Test centres helps the players but fell short of endorsing the idea for India, saying it was above his pay grade to comment on that.

The conversation between Sunil Gavaskar and the co-commentator took place during the opening session of Day 1 of the second Test against Bangladesh at Green Park, Kanpur.

Jasprit Bumrah led Bangladesh's demolition in the first innings and accounted for five wickets in both innings combined.

At 38, Ravichandran Ashwin’s preparation for a “tough” long season ahead differs from what it used to be a decade ago, and the star spinner on Sunday admitted that it is now more about taking one match at a time than fitting the whole season in a single frame.

Ashwin’s name features four times on the list – more than Sir Garfield Sobers, Imran Khan, Jacques Kallis and so many of the game’s great all-rounders.

Hunting in pair is an often-used maxim about fast bowlers, but Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have given a new spin to it, consistently troubling the opposition in more ways than one.

The pair, which is mostly renowned for their bowling heroics, added 195 runs in just 227 balls for the seventh wicket, thus stitching a perfect rescue act for India after the team was reduced to 144/6.

Starting the season like this will go a long way to ensuring that he can’t be sidelined once India land in Australia later this year.

Jasprit Bumrah will be seen spearheading the Indian attack in the absence of senior pacer Mohammed Shami, who has been out of action since the 2023 ODI World Cup.

Bumrah has so far played 36 Test matches with 159 wickets to his name after making his debut in 2018.