Page 12 - R Ashwin

Create 2nd line of finger spinners for Tests, urge former India spinners

Ravichandran Ashwin (365 wickets in 71 Tests) has been an impact bowler in home conditions but the current team management hasn't exactly put complete faith in him

Safety over everything else, take precautions against coronavirus: CSK

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League, which was due to start on March 29, has already been deferred till April 15 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak

2nd Test preview: Sans Ishant, India looks to fight back vs New Zealand

The highly-rated Indian batting line-up, which boasts of having the likes of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rahane, would want to fire on all cylinders after being caught napping in Wellington

IND vs NZ: Ishant Sharma ruled out of Christchurch Test due to ankle injury

Umesh Yadav and uncapped Navdeep Saini will be fighting for the spot left vacant by Ishant

ICC Test rankings: Steve Smith displaces Kohli to become No.1 Test batsman

Kohli, who has 906 points, slipped to the second position in the list which also features Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwl at the eighth, ninth and 10th place respectively

Ashwin breaks Dennis Lillee's record of fastest 300 Test wickets

Australian fast bowling legend Lillee had reached the milestone in 56 Test matches way back in 1981 and it took 36 years for another bowler to eclipse the record

Ashwin, Jadeja retain top slots in ICC Test rankings, Kohli stays second

The only other Indian in the top-20 is speedster Mohammed Shami

BCCI releases central contract list, former skipper M S Dhoni dropped

The BCCI announced the central contracts for the period of October 2019 to September 2020. Dhoni was in the A category, which fetches a player Rs 5 crore, until last year

Jasprit Bumrah on verge of becoming India's leading wicket-taker in T20Is

Bumrah has taken 44 matches to claim 52 wickets while Chahal took only 36 matches. Ashwin, on the other hand, has 52 wickets in 46 matches

James Anderson ruled out of remaining two Tests against South Africa

Anderson picked up five wickets in the first innings, his 28th five-wicket haul as the 37-year old went past Ian Botham and Ravichandran Ashwin with the most Test fifers

R Ashwin becomes highest wicket-taker of decade, Ganguly hails feat

Ashwin lost his place in white-ball cricket in 2017 after the rise of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal

IPL 2020 auction: Full list of players retained, released by Delhi Capitals

While DC have released six players to the auction pool, they have retained the core of the team in Dhawan, Shaw, Iyer, Pant, Rabada, Ishant, Lamichhane and Amit Sharma

IPL 2020: KXIP owners didn't think I delivered, says Ashwin on move to DC

Ashwin also said that his IPL move to Delhi Capitals wasn't really something that he asked for.

IPL 2020: Ashwin set to join Delhi Capitals, KXIP to get two players

Ashwin was supposed to join Delhi Capitals earlier but once Anil Kumble came on board, it was learnt that KXIP weren't ready to release their senior bowler

IPL 2020: Kumble named KXIP head coach, to decide Ashwin's fate on Oct 19

Anil Kumble has been put in charge of 'all cricket-related affairs' of the team and will be making a presentation to the team management regarding his plans on October 19

Test rankings: Rohit Sharma jumps to 17th spot, R Ashwin back in top 10

India batsman Rohit Sharma, who became the first player to score a century in each innings of his maiden Test as opener, on Monday jumped to a career-best 17th position in the ICC Test Player Rankings. Rohit, who now has five centuries from 28 Tests, gained a whopping 36 slots after his knocks of 176 and 127 in the first Test against South Africa in Visakhapatnam helped India win by 203 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The other opener Mayank Agarwal has also attained a career-best 25th position after his first innings double-century lifted him 38 places. Captain Virat Kohli, who retained his second spot, has dropped below the 900-point mark for the first time since January 2018. He is now on 899 points, 38 behind top-ranked Steve Smith of Australia. Among the bowlers, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has made a comeback to the top 10 after his match haul of eight wickets, which included figures of seven for 145 in the first innings. The formerly top-ranked bowle

Ashwin a wicket away from Muralitharan's record of fastest 350 Test scalps

Former Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble had taken 77 Tests to take 350 wickets

Ind vs SA 1st Test: Proteas tottering at 39-3 after Mayank's double-century

Ravichandran Ashwin provided the breakthroughs by getting through the defences of Markram with a classical off-break that turned sharply

IPL 2020: Full players' list of Delhi Capitals, and salary of each member

In a bizarre decision, DC bought England opener Jason Roy in IPL 2020 auction, despite having three opening batsmen - Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw - in their squad

Year in Review: Mankading to WC final, top 5 cricket controversies of 2019

Business Standard lists the five controversies in world cricket that drew a lot of attention during 2019