Mohali: India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was named the captain of the Kings XI Punjab for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 31-year-old off-spinner was picked up for Rs. 7.60 crores during the 2018 auction. He was a part of the Rising Pune Supergiant in the 2016-2017 season[Read More…]
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Jadeja joins Ashwin as No. 1 Test bowler
Ind vs Aus, 2nd Test: Ashwin spins India to 75-run win
India put in one of their best bowling performance under pressure in recent time to defend a total of 188 in the second against Australia Test at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Day 4, beating Australia by 75 runs. They thus brushed aside the harrowing Pune defeat and brought 1-1[Read More…]
Soundarya Rajnikanth files for divorce under mutual consent
Superstar Rajinikanth’s younger daughter Soundarya has filed for divorce from husband Ashwin Ramkumar in Chennai on Friday. The couple have filed for divorce by mutual consent on grounds of difference of opinion. Soundarya married businessman Ashwin in 2010 and the two have been living separately for more than a year[Read More…]
India vs England, 3rd Test: Ashwin, Jadeja lead fightback on Day 2
Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja put India back on track after the hosts lost quick wickets post tea as the duo propelled the team to 271 for 6 at stumps on Day 2 in Mohali on Sunday. Ashwin (57*), who notched up his ninth Test fifty, and Jadeja (31*) added[Read More…]
Thumping victory! India beat England by 246 runs in 2nd Test
India took five wickets in the morning session to inch closer to victory against England in the second test on Monday. At lunch on the fifth and final day, England was reeling at 142 for seven in the second innings after resuming on 87-2. The tourists required another 263 runs[Read More…]
India vs New Zealand: Ashwin dominates as New Zealand again fail to reach 300
R Ashwin’s 20th five-wicket haul in Test Cricket helped India bowl out New Zealand for 299 on the third day of the Indore Test. Declining to enforce the follow-on after Ashwin’s 6 for 81 secured a 258-run lead, the Indian batsman ended the day at 18/0, giving their bowlers a[Read More…]
Spinners guide India to victory in 500th Test; beat NZ by 197 runs
India won their 500th Test in style on Monday when they overcame New Zealand’s resistance to win the series opener by 197 runs and go 1-0 up in the three-match series. New Zealand were always going to do well to manage anything more than delaying the Indian celebrations when they[Read More…]