12 Facts About Ashwin

1. Ravichandran Ashwin has his task cut out as he plots a plan alongside his India teammates for their first ever Test series win in the country.

2. Ravichandran Ashwin will have a bigger role to play during Australian second innings, reckons pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

3. Ravichandran Ashwin was born in a Tamil Family to Ravichandran and Chitra.

4. Ravichandran Ashwin has celebrated the total number of 32 birthdays till date.

5. On 10 October 2016, Ashwin took his 20th five-wicket haul, making him the third fastest to reach the landmark.

6. On 23 August 2016, Ashwin grabbed his sixth Man-of-the-Series Award, surpassing the tie by Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, and in only his 13th Test series, and 8th series where he played every Test.

7. In 2016, Ravichandran Ashwin became first Indian to take 50 T20I wickets.

8. In 2013, Ashwin surpassed former India captain Anil Kumble as the leading wicket-taker for India in a four-Test series.

9. In New Zealand's tour of India in 2016, Ashwin took 27 wickets in 3 Tests, including a career-best of 7 for 59 in an innings.

10. In November 2015, Ashwin was a star performer throughout the Freedom Trophy Test series against South Africa in India.

11. In 2017, playing his 45th Test, Ashwin became the fastest player to pick up 250 Test wickets, bettering Dennis Lillee, who had achieved the landmark in 48 Tests.

12. Ravichandran Ashwin is an intelligent man who thinks a lot about this bowling.