India is scheduled to host the ODI World Cup later this yera in October-November. They lifted a World Cup trophy back in the year 2011, and have not tasted success in ICC tournaments since their win in the 2013 Champions Trophy.
Interestingly, the number of sixes hit by Ashwin is more than the total sixes hit by Rahul and Kohli together.
IND vs BAN 1st Test: The Indian cricket team is facing Bangladesh in a two-match Test series. India scored 404/10 in the first innings in Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram.
A lot of players have said that they won't come out of the crease and Ashwin is confident that he could use it to his advantage.
Ashwin reacts to Ramiz Raja's "one-billion-dollar" Indian team remark. 'At the end of the day you do understand as a sportsperson that wins and losses are part of the game,' said Ashwin.
The bowling all-rounder has made 133 runs from 12 matches with an average of 22.17 and has taken nine wickets in this season
Playing in his 85th match, the 35-year-old Ashwin went past the legendary Kapil's 434 Test scalps to become India's second most successful bowler in the longest format on Sunday.
Ravichandran Ashwin to play for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022.
'Your legacy as a captain will stand for the kind of benchmarks you have set,' veteran spinner Ravichandran summarised Virat Kohli's spectacular Test captaincy stint.
Ashwin added that Rahul had found the solution to what he needed to respond within Test cricket, which is working for him.
India finished their first innings at 202 with Ashwin scoring a crucial 46 towards the end of the innings on a testing pitch after stand in skipper KL Rahul (50) opted to bat.
Besides Rohit and Ashwin, the other two Indians in the team were swashbuckling keeper-batter Rishabh Pant and left-arm spinner Axar Patel.
The 35-year-old from Chennai snapped 52 wickets from eight Tests at an average of 16.23 and also contributed 337 runs with the bat at 28.08 with one century in the last one year.
Kumble had achieved the 300-wicket mark in 52 matches while Ashwin touched the same in 49 matches.
Ashwin's three quick blows left New Zealand tottering at 140 for five in pursuit of an impossible 540 on day three of the second Test.
The 35-year-old spinner also surpassed Harbhajan Singh's Test cricket career haul of 417 wickets (in 103 games).
With that scalp, Ashwin in his 80th Test, crossed Harbhajan Singh (417 in 103 games) to become the third-highest wicket-taker for India in the five-day format.
Rohit's 56-run knock followed by Axar Patel's three-wicket haul helped India defeat New Zealand by 73 runs in the third and final T20I here at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.
Following India's five-wicket win over New Zealand in the first of the three-match T20 series, match's star performer R Ashwin (2/23) said bowling slow on the Jaipur surface did the trick for him.
In the second Qualifier against Kolkata, Ashwin dismissed Shakib al Hasan and Sunil Narine off successive deliveries and then got hit for a six off the penultimate ball.
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