Ravichandran Ashwin wiki, age, height, wife, family, caste, religion

Ravichandran Ashwin wiki, age, height, wife, family, caste, religion & more

Biography
Name	Ravichandran Ashwin
Nickname	Ash Professor
Profession	Indian International cricketer
Major teams	India (2010-Present) Tamil Nadu (2006-Present) Rajasthan Royals (2022-Present) Delhi Capitals (2020-21) Kings XI Punjab (2018-19) Rising Pune Supergiant (2016-17) Chennai Super Kings (2008-15) Surrey (2021) Nottinghamshire (2019) Worcestershire (2017)
Date of Birth	September 17, 1986
Age (In 2024)	38 Years 2 Month(s) 0 Days
Birth Place	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence	West Mambalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Nationality	Indian
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Brahmin
Mother Tongue	Tamil
Zodiac	Virgo
Physical Stats
Height	in centimeters- 187 cm in meters- 1.87 m in feet inches- 6ft 2in
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Black
Family and Marriage Details
Marital Status	Married
Wife/Spouse	Prithi Narayanan
Marriage Date	November 13, 2011
Children
Daughter(s)	Akhira Ashwin Aadhya Ashwin
Parents
Father	Narayanasamy Ravichandran
Mother	Ravichandran Chitra
Other Relative(s)
Grandfather (Paternal)	S Narayanasamy
Sister-in-law(s)	Shruthi Narayanan
Cricket Information
Playing role	Bowling all-rounder
Batting style	Right-handed bat
Bowling style	Right-arm off-break
Coach/Mentor	C. K. Vijay Sunil Subramaniam
Test debut	November 6, 2011 v West Indies
ODI debut	June 5, 2010 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut	June 12, 2010 v Zimbabwe
Education Details
School	Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai
College	Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSN), Chennai
Educational Qualification	B. Tech. (Information Technology)
Contact/Social Media Details
Twitter	twitter.com/ashwinravi99/ (10.7m followers)
Facebook	facebook.com/AshwinRaviOfficial (4m followers)
Instagram	instagram.com/rashwin99/ (3.3m followers)
Email	[email protected]
Website	raviashwin.com
Youtube	youtube.com/c/AshwinCrikipidea/ (895k subscribers)
Awards
CEAT International Cricketer of the Year: 2016–17 ICC Cricketer of the Year: 2016 ICC Test Cricketer of the Year: 2016 Arjuna Award: 2014 ICC - Test Team of the Year: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
Other Details
Net Worth (Approx)	₹110 crores
Salary	₹5 crores/year (BCCI Grade A Contract) ₹5 crores/year (IPL Contract)
Alternate names	R Ashwin
Signature
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Ravichandran Ashwin is an Indian cricketer who plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He is the fastest indian bowler to reach 50, 100, 150, 250, 300, 350 and 400 wickets milestone in Test cricket in terms of number of innings.
He was born on September 17, 1986 in a Tamil Hindu Brahmin family to Narayanasamy Ravichandran and his wife Ravichandran Chitra in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His father Narayanasamy Ravichandran also played cricket at club level as a fast bowler.
He did his schooling from Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan and St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai. After that he graduated with a B. Tech. in Information Technology from Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering in Chennai.
Ashwin used to play junior-level cricket as an opening batsman but later on turned into an off-break bowler.
Ashwin came into the limelight in 2010 when he started playing for the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. On the back of his impressive performance in the 2010 Indian Premier League, he was selected in a second-string squad that toured Zimbabwe in May-June 2010.
He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in Harare on 5 June 2010. He scored 38 runs off 32 balls and took 2 wickets but india lost the match by 6 wickets.
He made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe in Harare on June 12 2010. He took 1 wicket and gave away only 22 runs in his 4 overs and helped India win by 6 wickets.
On 6 November 2011, he made his Test cricket debut against West Indies in Delhi. Ashwin was awarded the man of the match for his bowling figures of 3/81 & 6/47 in the match and became the seventh Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut. He also won the player of the series award in his maiden test series.
Ashwin got married to his childhood friend Prithi Narayanan on November 13, 2011. They have 2 daughters, Akhira Ashwin and Aadhya Ashwin.
Elder daughter Akhira Ashwin was born on July 9, 2015 and younger daughter Aadhya Ashwin was born on December 21, 2016.
In 2016, he became the third Indian after Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar to be named ICC Cricketer of the Year. He was also named the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year in the same year.
On 25 March 2019, playing for Kings XI Punjab, Ashwin mankaded Jos Buttler in a match against Rajasthan Royals which created a lots of controversy because although it is legally allowed but considered against the spirit of the game.
In the 2022 IPL Auction, Ashwin was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for ₹5 crores.
On 10 April 2022, he became the first batsman to tactically retire out in an IPL match during a league stage match between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants. He became only the fourth player to retire out in T20 cricket after Shahid Afridi, Sonam Tobgay and Sunzamul Islam.
He has won 9 Man of the Series awards in Test cricket, which is the highest by an Indian cricketer and 2nd highest in the world after Muthiah Muralidaran's 11 Man of the Series awards. ¹
Ashwin has taken seven 10-wicket hauls in test matches which is 2nd highest among indian players and 9th highest in the world. ²
He is the fastest player in the world to reach 250 (45 matches), 300 (54 matches) & 350 (66 matches) test wickets.
Ashwin's grandfather S Narayanasamy had a big role to play in his initial years of struggle. He was a former Southern Railway Employee and was a big cricket lover. He passed away on May 27, 2017 at the age of 92 years due to an age-related illness.