Ravichandaran Ashwin

All Rounder Cricketer | Ace-Spin Bowler | Arjuna Awardee

About

Known for his tenacity and straightforwardness, Ravichandran Ashwin has won a million hearts with his impressive and unique style of bowling.

He is the fastest Indian bowler to reach the 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300-wicket mark in Test cricket.

Having achieved little success as an opening batsman at junior-level cricket, Ashwin dropped down the order and turned into an off-break bowler. He made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in December 2006 and captained the team the following season. But it was not until the 2010 Indian Premier League in which he played for the Chennai Super Kings.

He is an indispensable and invincible part of the Indian Cricket Team, and being a member of the 2011 World Cup winning side has been one of the proudest moments of his life.

The Ashwin Foundation; the mission with a difference, is a groundbreaking association of elemental purposes that is extremely vital in modern day society. Mainly focusing on blood and eye donation ,the primary objectives of the Foundation are rather different compared to any other as Ashwin is keen on transforming the society.

Awards and Accomplishments

Ravindra Ashwin was a recipient of the ‘Arjuna Award’ in 2014 and the BCCI’s ‘International Cricketer of the Year’ for the 2012–13 season. He has also won the ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year’ 2016 along with ICC Test Cricketer of the year 2016. Ashwin plays as an all-rounder for Tamil Nadu cricket team and South Zone.He was the highest wicket-taker of the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 tournament for Chennai Super Kings.

Why Ravichandran Ashwin ?

Ashwin is also the Brand Ambassador and Chief Mentor at the Gen-Next Cricket Institute, a professional cricket coaching centre, that runs local operations across 5 centres in Chennai and overseas operations in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates and Maidenhead, United Kingdom.

Ashwin is a rarity in many ways. He can talk about a good game of cricket and also share a table with the best brains discussing subjects not even remotely connected to the game. Ashwin is a youth icon, a practitioner and more importantly one who walks the talk.

He is an eloquent speaker and can enthral audiences belonging to all age groups as well as corporate honchos.

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