What is the story of are Ashwin?

R Ashwin is a tall offspinner who took the soduku ball, a finger-flicked tennis-ball legbreak, from the streets of Chennai and used it effectively in international cricket on a bigger, harder cricket ball. His inspiration was Ajantha Mendis’ carrom ball.

How has are Ashwin performed in the IPL since 2015?

Due to the largely home-centric season since 2015 to 2017, Ashwin has consistently performed well, making use of his guile and deception more along with his stock deliveries, rather than experimenting with too many vairations.

What happened to Ravichandran Ashwin in 2015?

While 2014 saw him lose his form a bit, Ashwin came back strongly in the following season. Although he picked just 10 wickets in 16 games during the 2015 season, his economy rate was 5.84, which is incredible in T20s.

Why is Ravichandran Ashwin so good at picking up wickets?

Ravichandran Ashwin burst onto the scene with his smart and street-smart exploits in the shorter form of the game in the IPL, but since his Test debut against West Indies in 2011, Ashwin has made it a habit to pick up wickets, especially in dry and dusty conditions that support turn.

How good was Ravichandran Ashwin in 2011?

Despite heavy competition from Royal Challengers Bangalore, the Super Kings managed to re-buy him for the 2011 season and the offie proved his worth. Ashwin scalped 20 wickets (economy: 6.15, average: 19.40) and he went onto win back-to-back titles for CSK (2010 and 2011).

Does Ravi Ashwin have anything to prove in India?

However, his performance abroad leaves a lot to be desired, and since India hasn’t played a proper away tour since December 2014 against Australia, Ashwin hasn’t had the opportunity to prove himself in alien conditions again. He has nothing to prove in the subcontinent as he continues to torment the best in the world in his backyard.

Is Ashwin a limited-overs spinner?

That carrom ball, an arm ball just as good, his control over his offbreaks, and a sharp brain made Ashwin a quintessential limited-overs spinner, but in Test cricket he followed a brief period of struggle, against England in 2012-13, with a return to classical offspin basics and began using the variations sparingly.

Is are Ashwin married and does he have children?

On 13 November 2011, Ashwin married his childhood friend Prithi Narayanan. On 11 July 2015 the couple became parents of a baby girl named Akhira. Their second daughter Aadhya was born on 21 December 2016.

How good has Ravichandran Ashwin got?

It only got better: he registered nine five-fors in his first 16 Tests and was a genuine threat to Erapalli Prasanna’s Indian record of the march to 100 wickets in 20 Tests. An opener with the bat before he took up offspin, Ashwin is more than a handy lower-order batsman: he is correct, has the shots and scored a century in his first Test series.