Ravichandran Ashwin Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Birth Name	R Ashwin
Nickname	Ash
Profession	Cricketer (Spin Bowler)
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	6' 2" (188 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Cricket
International Debut	ODI- On 5 June 2010 against Sri Lanka at Harare Test- On 6 November 2011 against West Indies at Delhi T20- On 12 June 2010 against Zimbabwe at Harare
Jersey Number	#99 (India) #99 (Domestic)
Domestic/State Team	First-class • Tamil Nadu IPL • Chennai Super Kings • Rising Pune Supergiant • Kings XI Punjab • Delhi Capitals • Rajasthan Royals Others • Dindigul Dragons • Worcestershire • Nottinghamshire • Surrey
Coach/Mentor	Sunil Subramaniam
Batting Style	Right-handed
Bowling Style	Right-arm off-break
Records (main ones)	• The oldest Indian bowler to record a Test wicket haul, having recorded figures of 6/88 at his home ground in Chennai against Bangladesh in September 2024. • One of three bowlers to record more than 300 bowled-lbw dismissals in international cricket, behind Muralidaran's 336 and James Anderson's 320. • Fastest to reach 250, 300 and 350 wickets in test cricket (in terms of matches) • Most dismissals of left-handers in tests • Most Man of the Series awards in tests (11) • Fastest Indian bowler to take 50 & 100 wickets in Test cricket. • Second Indian to take 750 international wickets and third Indian to take 700 international wickets • Joint record (with Ian Botham and Jack Gregory) of fastest to the take 50 wickets and score 500 runs (11th Tests). • Highest wicket-taker in a single season (82) • In 2016, he became the 2nd fastest bowler to take 200 Test wickets (37th match), after Australian spin bowler Clarrie Grimmett who achieved it in his 36th match. • Most wickets in India (383) • In 2017, he became the fastest bowler to take 300 Test wickets (54th match), breaking Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee's record (56th match). • The 5th Indian bowler to take 300 wickets in Test cricket, after Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (417) and Zaheer Khan (311). • The 3rd Indian to receive the ICC Cricketer of the Year award, after Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. • One of the three all rounders to achieve the double of 3000 runs and 500 wickets in tests • On 8 February 2021, during the 4th day of the first cricket test match between India and England, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, Ashwin became the first spinner in over 100 years of Test cricket to dismiss a batsman off the very first ball of an innings. After Ajinkya Rahane caught England opener Rory Burns in the slips off the very first ball of the second innings, Ashwin became only the third spinner in the 134-year history of the game to earn that rare distinction. • Second Indian bowler to take 300 Test wickets at home • Ravichandran Ashwin accomplished a remarkable feat in his distinguished Test career by taking the wickets of both father and son, when he dismissed Tagenarine Chanderpaul during the first Test against the West Indies on 12 July 2023. • He became the second Indian player to reach 500 Test wickets on 16 February 2024. • He became the 14th player to play 100 Test matches for India on 7 March 2024. • Only Indian cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in the same Test match on four separate instances • Second highest wicket taker in tests for India (537) • He became the first bowler to take five-wicket haul in his first and 100th Test on 7 March 2024. • He took 36th five-wikect haul in the 5th Test against England, making him the highest wicket-taker in the series. • Second Indian to score 500 runs and take 50 wickets in a calendar year (2016) • First Indian to take 50 T20I wickets • He took 9 wickets in his 100th Test (9/128), breaking Muttiah Muralitharan's world record to register the best bowling figures (9/141).
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• Polly Umrigar Award (2012-13) • Arjuna award (2015) • ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year (2016) • ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year (2016) • ICC Men's Test Team of the Year (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021) • CEAT International Cricketer of the Year (2016–17) • ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade (2011-20) • Nominee, ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade (2011-20) • ICC Men's Player of the Month (February, 2021)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	17 September 1986 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2024)	38 Years
Birthplace	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
School	• Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai • St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai
College/University	Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSN), Chennai
Educational Qualification	B.Tech in Information Technology (IT)
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Brahmin
Address	A home in Postal colony, West Mambalam, Chennai-33
Hobbies	Reading, Watching movies, tennis, basket ball & football
Tattoo(s)
Controversies	Fight during the match In September 2016, during a Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) match, he lost his temperament while batting for Dindigul Dragons against Chepauk Super Gillies. When the batsman on the other end, Jagadeesan Narayan got dismissed, Ashwin and Narayan had a verbal spat and physical tussle with the bowler Kishore who pushed Narayan and passed provocating comments. [1]The Times Of India
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	13 November 2011
Family
Wife/Spouse	Narayanan Prithi
Children	Daughter- 2 • Akhira (born in 2015) • Aadhya (born in 2016)
Parents	Father- Ravichandran Mother- Chitra
Favourites
Cricketer	Sachin Tendulkar, Clive Lloyd, Vivian Richards, Shane Warne, Kapil Dev
Athlete(s)	Diego Maradona, Marat Safin, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Usain Bolt
Food	Chocolates
Superhero	Batman
Actor	Santhanam
Film	Bollywood- 3 Idiots (2009) Hollywood- Vertical Limit (2000) Tamil- Boss Engira Baskaran (2010)
Singer	A. R. Rahman, Shoaib Bhushan
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Audi Q7, Rolls Royce
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)	IPL- Rs 9.75 crore (IPL 2025) BCCI- Rs. 5 crore (Grade A category) (2023–2024 season)
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs. 132 crore (as of 2024)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ravichandran Ashwin

• Ashwin started playing cricket at the age of nine for the YMCA.

• He does not like to smoke.

• Ashwin was born into a Tamil-Brahmin family with a sports background as his father used to play cricket at the club level as a fast bowler.
  

  Ravichandran Ashwin’s childhood photo

• He was a mischievous kid in his school days. The subject that he used to hate the most was Maths.

• His wife, Prithi studied with him during high school.

• He started playing cricket as an opening batsman, but at the age of 14, he injured his pelvic area that caused a ligament tear in the hip bones, after which he dropped the idea of becoming a batsman.

• Initially, he started as a fast bowler, but his mother felt that it’s not suiting him, so she suggested him to do spin bowling, which proved to be the right call.

• Ashwin became the seventh Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul on debut when he made his test debut against West Indies in 2011.

• Ashwin was part of the Indian cricket team which won the ICC World Cup in 2011 and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.

• His aspirations to become a genuine spinner skyrocketed when he went to the National Cricket Academy, captained his team and took a 7-wicket haul.

• In the 2015-16 season, Ashwin scored 336 runs and took 48 wickets in eight test matches and also took 27 wickets in 19 T20 international matches. His all-round performances from both bat and ball in all the formats eventually led to him winning the ICC Cricketer of the Year and ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year awards in 2016.

• He took at least one wicket in his debut match across all formats (T20I, ODI, Test).

• Cricket pundits often consider him as the perfect blend of former Indian spin bowler Bishan Singh Bedi, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, and Erapalli Prasanna.

• His all-time favourite skipper is Sourav Ganguly.
  

  Ravichandran Ashwin and Sourav Ganguly

• He was the guest contestant on Vijay TV’s ‘Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi’ (Tamil version of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’) which was hosted by Suriya.

• He is an avid dog lover and whenever he is in Chennai, he loves to take his dogs for a walk in the night.
  

  Ravichandran Ashwin, a dog lover

• He is a movie freak and loves watching every new release at Chennai’s Sathyam Cinema.

• On 25 March 2019, playing for Kings XI Punjab against Rajasthan Royals, Ashwin dismissed Jos Buttler in a run out popularly called ‘Mankading’. Though this is a legally permissible dismissal, it is considered against the spirit of the game, and for the same, Ashwin received heavy criticism from every corner.

• In June 2023, he revealed in an interview that he should have never become a bowler as he was a fine batter. He said,
  

  Having been such a fine batter, I should have never become a bowler. This is something, a perception I have constantly tried to fight but there are different yardsticks for bowlers and batters.” ^[2]Sportstar

• Ravichandran Ashwin replaced the injured Axar Patel in the Indian squad that was announced for the 2023 ICC Men’s World Cup. ^[3]India Today

• On 7 March 2024, Ashwin received a special memento from Rahul Dravid on playing the 100th Test match in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.
  

  Ravichandran Ashwin while receiving the special Test cap from Rahul Dravid

• In March 2024, in an interview, he revealed that he decided to quit cricket and pursue an MBA to become a marketing professional in 2017. He said that the decision was based on the pressure of playing professional cricket because of which he could not spend time with his family. According to Ashwin, he regained his mental health after taking external assistance. He said,
  

  I decided to quit cricket. I was asking myself what would I do? And I said whatever I do in life, I would try to achieve excellence and be as good as I can be in that profession. I would probably try to do an MBA and probably be in marketing. I gave myself so many options and then thought before I make any decision, I must get crystal-clear clarity. Probably get an outsider’s view into my life. And see who I am, where I am. That’s when I sought some external help and it changed my life for the better.”

• In the same interview, Ashwin revealed that he once kept himself closed in a room and wept after a fight with his father.

• He made headlines in January 2025 when he replied to a tweet, believing it to be from Rohit Sharma‘s wife. In the tweet, he inquired about her well-being and that of her newborn son. However, he later deleted the tweet after it was revealed that it was a fake account.
  

  A picture of R. Ashwin’s deleted tweet

•  While Ashwin was still playing international cricket, he started his YouTube channel. He usually conducts podcasts on his channel and discusses various cricket topics with guests. He also runs a series on his channel called “Kutti Stories” which is also very popular among cricket fans.