BCCI celebrates Ashwin’s 100th Test beyond ‘life and cricket’, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar pour out their hearts

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Ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is all set to join the elite list of players to play his 100th Test match in India. The off-spinner is already known as one of India’s greatest red-ball cricketers with over 500 Test wickets in his kitty. The 37-year-old played a key role in India’s dominance in domestic Test cricket … Read more

The first words Ashwin’s mother said to him “in and out of consciousness” during the panic in Rajkot were: “Why did you…”

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India’s Test series against England is proving to be a bit of a mess for Ravichandran Ashwin. In Rajkot, Ashwin became the second fastest bowler to pick 500 Test wickets. In Ranchi, he tied Anil Kumble for the most five wickets in Tests for an Indian. Now, in Dharamshala, he is about to play his … Read more

‘A lot happened between 500 and 501’: R Ashwin’s wife Prithi recalls ‘longest 48 hours’ after Indian star left third Test

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India’s veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin endured a crazy 48 hours in the third Test of the series against England. About a few hours after taking the extraordinary achievement of taking his 500th wicket in Test cricket, Ashwin was suddenly forced to miss the ongoing Rajkot Test due to a family emergency. Ravichandran Ashwin on day … Read more

Ravichandran Ashwin’s road to 500 Test wickets: How the wizard of spin became India’s weapon of mass destruction

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Veteran spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin led India’s spin bowling team against England on day two of the third Test in Rajkot, finishing for the Asian giants Taking 500 wickets and thus entering his name in the record books. Spin wizard Ashwin on Friday became the second Indian to take 500 wickets in the longest and … Read more