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R Ashwin Birthday: Ravichandran Ashwin, India's legendary spinner, is celebrating his 39th birthday today (on Wednesday, September 17). He has already retired from all forms of international cricket.

Ashwin stands as one of India's finest cricketing masterminds, blending sharp intellect with unmatched skill. Over the years, he has redefined the art of spin bowling, becoming India’s go-to match-winner in both home and overseas conditions. He represented India in 106 Tests, 116 ODIs and 65 T20I matches.

The star off-spinner established himself as a red-ball specialist and went on to achieve immense success, taking 537 wickets at an average of 24.01 on the back of 37 five-fors.

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BCCI was quick to wish Ashwin on his special day. Ashwin was part of the Indian team that lifted the ODI World Cup title in 2011 and the ICC Champions Trophy title in 2013. 

With more than 700 international wickets and invaluable batting contributions, Ashwin’s versatility has made him a complete cricketer.

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Let's take a look at R Ashwin's major records

Ashwin finished his career with 765 scalps across formats - second-highest for India, only behind Anil Kumble (953). His tally of 537 wickets for India in Test cricket is also second only to Anil Kumble (619).

Most international wickets for India

Anil Kumble: 953 wickets at 30.06

R Ashwin: 765 wickets at 25.80

Harbhajan Singh: 707 wickets at 32.59

Kapil Dev: 687 wickets at 28.83

Zaheer Khan: 597 wickets at 31.48


Fastest to 350 Test Wickets

Ashwin took just 66 matches to reach the feat of 350 Test wickets and is the joint-quickest to get to that mark alongside Muttiah Muralidaran.

He also holds the record for being the quickest to bag 250 and 300 Test wickets, having reached the milestones in just 45 and 54 games respectively.

 

6 Test centuries and 500 Test wickets

Ashwin remains the only player in Test history to have claimed more than five Test hundreds (6) and bag 500 career wickets.

He is only behind Ian Botham (5) in the tally of nabbing a Test century and five-for in the same Test - having done so four times.

 

Second-most Test five-fors

Ashwin has bagged a five-for in a Test innings 37 times - second only to Muttiah Muralidaran, who has 67 to his name.

 

Most Player of the Series awards

Ashwin was adjudged Player of the Series 11 times during his Test career - joint-best alongside Muttiah Muralidaran.